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Title: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism Light by Paul A. Tipler ISBN: 1-57259-492-6 Publisher: Worth Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $89.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Intuitive Text
Comment: This book is incredably clear and well-written. The illustrations are beautiful and the sample problems are illuminating. It's especially good for developing an intuitive understanding of the basic physics equations, without making the kind of committment the Feynman Lectures demand. I thought it was excellent preparation for the MCAT as well.
Rating: 3
Summary: Weak Text
Comment: This is a calc-based physics text.
Quick Reference: the material in this volume covers electic fields, electric potential, electrostatics, current (DC and AC) and circuits, magnetic fields, inductors, Maxwell's Equations/EM Waves, properties of light, mirror/lense optics, and interference/diffraction.
Review: the chapter on Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves was exceptionally bad. It should have tied Electricity and Magnetism together, but just leaves the reader confused. The rest of the text makes everything more complicated than it actually is; Tipler won't give the concepts of the reader, the reader has to discover them on her own. The examples are not a sufficient level for the problems in the book. This book is NOT FOR SELF-STUDY.
Value of Book and a Better Text: the value of this book is minimal. For the price that is being asked (for just a single-volume paperback) is absurd. In place of Tipler's book, I would refer anyone to "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" by Serway; this book is sufficient for self-study, which is a quality you really need in a physics text. This book offers the material of 3 volumes of Tipler's books (the 3rd volume of Tipler's series is modern physics) at half the price. One of my friends has actually completely turned over to Serway, despite that her assigned text is Tipler (she doesn't even open her Tipler text anymore), and is now doing better in her class.
Rating: 2
Summary: Terrible for Physicists, Great for Engineers
Comment: The Tiper physics textbook, while excellent for an engineering student, lacks much of the theoretical rigor desireable in a physics curriculum. A great many of the problems at the end of the chapter prove to be remarkably simple, and boil down to hunting through the book for the right constants and the right equation to plug into to find the answer. Actual problem solving skills are not developed for a physicist. The chapters on circuits, while excellent for electrical engineering majors, are almost a waste of time for a physics major. Even though the textbook is very thorough with what it teaches, it does not teach at a very high level nor does it prepare physics majors for more difficult future classes. Having used the Kleppner and Kolenkow Introduction to Mechanics textbook for Intro. to Classical Mechanics, shifting gears to something as trivial in difficulty as the Tippler for Electrostatics just leads to frustration over spending more time finding the right constant than actually solving the problem.
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Title: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Chapters 1-21 by Paul A. Tipler ISBN: 1572594918 Publisher: Worth Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $89.50 |
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Title: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Chapters 36-41 by Paul A. Tipler ISBN: 157259490X Publisher: W H Freeman & Co. Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.40 |
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Title: Study Guide Volumes 2 and 3 Chapters 22-41 to Accompany Paul A. Tipler Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca, Ronald Gautreau, Granvil C. Kyker ISBN: 1572595124 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co. Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $28.55 |
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Title: Solutions Manual for Students to Accompany Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Paul A. Tipler, Frank J. Blatt ISBN: 1572595132 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co. Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $37.10 |
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Title: Study Guide to Accompany Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Gene Mosca, Ronald Gautreau, Granvil C., Jr. Kyker, Paul A. Tipler ISBN: 1572595116 Publisher: Worth Publishing Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $26.30 |
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