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As a market leader, PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS is one of the most powerful brands in the physics market. However, rather than resting on that reputation, the new edition of this text marks a significant advance in the already excellent quality of the book. While preserving concise language, state of the art educational pedagogy, and top-notch worked examples, the Eighth Edition features a unified art design as well as streamlined and carefully reorganized problem sets that enhance the thoughtful instruction for which Raymond A. Serway and John W. Jewett, Jr. earned their reputations. Likewise, PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, will continue to accompany Enhanced WebAssign in the most integrated text-technology offering available today. In an environment where new Physics texts have appeared with challenging and novel means to teach students, this book exceeds all modern standards of education from the most solid foundation in the Physics market today.
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Format:Paperback
I am a second year Physics undergraduate at the University of Manchester and this book has been very useful. I wouldn't advise getting it if you already have a general university level book for example 'Young and Freedmans University Physics' because there's a lot of overlap but the two books compliment each other well and both have a lot of helpful images and were really useful in my first year and in both years of labs so far. I do have the full version though and not this one!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Less would be more
10 Oct 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The text hybrid printed on the book is a fallacy: it suggests that it has something more than the normal issue. Unfortunately, the opposite is true: this book does not contain the exercices!
Instead, at the end of each chapter you will find a text that you can get them on some web page, which requires registration, and they kindly guarantee that even if you fail your exam, you will be able to access exercices next year.
In my opinion, a physics book should contain exercices that a student can solve using paper and pencil. Password protecting them, and making them available only if the student has online access greatly reduces its usefulness.
Instead, at the end of each chapter you will find a text that you can get them on some web page, which requires registration, and they kindly guarantee that even if you fail your exam, you will be able to access exercices next year.
In my opinion, a physics book should contain exercices that a student can solve using paper and pencil. Password protecting them, and making them available only if the student has online access greatly reduces its usefulness.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not good
3 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
This textbook is hellacious. I suppose it would be ok if you already have a sound understanding of physics but this text has no place in a university level introductory physics course. This text was required for my intro physics course so I bought it and struggled like crazy. I am the type of person who learns from examples and this text is sorely lacking in worked examples. Formulas appear often without any explanation and the notation this book uses is not consistent or intuitive. Very difficult and frustrating to learn from. Based on another review I purchased another text called University Physics University Physics with Modern Physics with MasteringPhysics® (13th Edition) and found it to be exponentially better.
I wish I didn't even waste the money on this text. Don't bother with it unless you've got a fair bit of physics under your belt already. Physics is universal, so do yourself a favor and learn out of a better book than this particular one. University Physics is one of the best textbooks I own, whereas my copy of this title will be going to the used bookstore.
I wish I didn't even waste the money on this text. Don't bother with it unless you've got a fair bit of physics under your belt already. Physics is universal, so do yourself a favor and learn out of a better book than this particular one. University Physics is one of the best textbooks I own, whereas my copy of this title will be going to the used bookstore.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Useless if your class is not on WebAssign
4 Oct 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book contains all the information of Volumes 1 and 2 combined, except for the chapter exercises. The only way to access the exercises is through WebAssign, which your Professor and entire class must be using for you to access. If your class is not using WebAssign, there is no way you will be able to access the exercises and engage in active learning.
The book would have been great without this very severe limitation.
The book would have been great without this very severe limitation.
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