University Physics with Modern Physics- 11th Edition Description:

University Physics with Modern Physics, 11th Edition review:
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5 stars (Superb book for the beginning Physics student) - This book is the best book out there that I have seen for the beginning Physics student. It is a bit wordy as some of the reviews have said, but I think the authors have done their best to bend over backwards to explain each Physics topic in a simple, clear, and unassuming way for the neophyte. Even as reference, this textbook is invaluable, because it explains concepts down to the nitty gritty detail; unlike a book like Physics by Halliday, Resnick, and Krane which just drops you onto your head expecting you to have some understanding of the subject already. This book is unpresumptious, unpretentious, and yes for some; unsophisticated, but when you're just starting out in Physics, no one expects you to be an Einstein or Feynman right from the start.
2 stars (This book is one of the worst texts I've read.) - It starts off confusing from Chapter One and continues in that manner. Multiple times I was unable to work homework problems from the sections using only the text in this book, relying instead on the internet or a friend's old physics book to help me figure out the matieral that was either glossed over or not covered in this book.



The wording is often imprecise, misleading, or generally obfuscated. Useful tables were few and far between, and the math was a confusing mix of Pre-Calc through Complex Analysis (though they never seem to quite spell out exactly what they are getting at, so I feel sorry for anyone using this book before at least Calc II).



The book is paced so that it can be taught to students currently enroled in Calc 1, so if you know more advanced math you should skim it at least once before your class starts to figure out where the material is.



If you have to suffer through a class that uses this wretched book like I just did I strongly recommend getting another calculus based classical physics book to actually explain things, using this book in loose association with your real reference. Note that this book has a love of polar vectors.



If you bother to read through this book as a learning tool, I recommend taking notes as you go because the book is a horrible reference.



The only reason I give this book two stars is I did not spot any actual errors in the book. I give them a point for at least knowing the subject. They however should not be writing textbooks.