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Title: University Physics (Study Guide) by Hugh D. Young, Freedman, James R. Gaines, William F. Palmer ISBN: 0-201-64058-9 Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Text
Comment: I used this text as an undergraduate, and had the good fortune to be taught by the author Hugh Young.
The material is well-written, encyclopedic, and well organized. The problem sets are thorough, challenging, and instructive.
This is THE physics book to buy if one is starting to study the field.
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to Understand
Comment: If I had to sum up this textbook in three words, it would be "easy to understand". The writing style is pretty informal when compared to most textbooks, but yet, this informality does NOT compromise on the depth of the explanations.
It is one of the main physics textbooks used for intro classes across the US, and though I've never read any other intro physics books besides this one, I'm not surprised to see on many university's intro physics courses web pages that THIS is the book that is used.
Unlike most textbooks that I've had to read, I can't really think of any complaints with this one. This doesn't mean that this book is perfect, but looking back, I really can't think of any major (or minor for that matter) problems I had with the book. I relied on this book instead of lectures to learn the material, so it isn't that I had a great physics teacher that helped me explain the material.
Rating: 1
Summary: Confusing - I don't like this book
Comment: I'm using this book for my first college physics course. I find the text very dry and boring, and the problems at the end of each chapter are confusing and not well explained. For example, I'm doing my homework and one of the problems is "speculate on how gaseous diffusion works." Just that, does not explain what gaseous diffusion is. As with many of the problems in this book, the first thing that comes into my mind is "what the hell are you talking about??" Another question asks me to compare the length of something to "the diameter of a molecule." Huh? What molecule? Are all molecules the same diameter? And how the heck am I supposed to know what that diameter is? Gah. I do not recommend this book unless you like being confused.
Also, the discussion questions at the end of each chapter are very nice, but the answers are not provided anywhere. So how are you supposed to know if you answered them correctly? And another thing I really hate about this book, it will say "and why do you think this happens?" and then not tell you why. About 90% of the time my answer is "I have no clue why that happened." :/ This book makes me hate physics.
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