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This best-selling, calculus-based text is recognized for its carefully crafted, logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles of physics. PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, maintains the Serway traditions of concise writing for the students, carefully thought-out problem sets and worked examples, and evolving educational pedagogy…. More >>
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Chapters 1-39
Tags: Chapters, Engineers, Physics, Scientists
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Rating: 5 / 5
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#3 by Anonymous on March 8, 2010 - 11:40 pm
This book is terrible. The sections do not explain or define concepts well. The calculus isnt bad in most sections, Serway just cannot explain many concepts well. The examples seem to be either too easy or too difficult. To top it off my physics prof used a Powerpoint presentation to teach, however the presentation was produced at Illinois and does not follow Serway. For lecture the lazy prof just read off the screen at such a pace little is learned. He hated taking questions. Average exam grades are in the 40’s.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on March 9, 2010 - 2:24 am
The circuitous and unsubstantiated pathways in this textbook caused me to drop the class the first time I entered physics. Many chapter questions are not covered clearly enough in the reading, which I pored over time after time. Many males seem to appreciate it however, which makes me wonder if there isn’t a gender slant (or boost) in the style in which it is written.
The following year I switched to a class using Giancoli’s text and scored an A – and it wasn’t because of the professor.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Anthony C on March 9, 2010 - 3:30 am
This book may be suitable if you were in high school, but it definitely should not be used at the University level because the author’s treatment in solving physics problems is too introductory to get any true appreciation of the physics behind a problem.
I definitely have a problem in the beginning chapters in which he used mainly non-calculus-based method to derive his equations for kinematics. What he should have done is derive all equations starting from just one principle (Newton’s 3rd law) and shows how the equation for the non-accelating case is a special case of the 3rd law.
I recommend any physic major to try other author because Serway is not the best place to start.
Rating: 3 / 5