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Title: What are the best textbooks
Post by: ruwi on June 04, 2011, 09:32:07 pm: Hi all,
I would like to know the best text books for following,
physics
further maths
mathematical methods
special maths
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: Menang on June 04, 2011, 09:37:27 pm: Cambridge Essential for Methods! :)
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: vea on June 04, 2011, 09:45:42 pm: Essentials is also the best for Spesh.
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: Charmz on June 05, 2011, 12:30:16 pm: essentials for further too. I think. i haven't used it but the ones for methods and GMA are so good it should be the same for further.
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: Readinya on June 05, 2011, 12:40:30 pm: Essentials may be good for the hard questions they have, but it fails at the explanations. If you're learning a new topic in any maths subject, it's best to start with Maths Quest; their explanations are clear and set out fabulously; and while you're doing the exercise, it very clearly signals whether it has a worked example to accompany it.

After you've mastered the basics that Maths Quest sets, then you can move on to the more challenging questions found in Essentials.
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: pi on June 05, 2011, 12:49:19 pm: Quote from: ruwi on June 04, 2011, 09:32:07 pm
Hi all,
I would like to know the best text books for following,
physics
further maths
mathematical methods
special maths

Heinemann
Essentials x 3
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: Zafaraaaa on June 05, 2011, 12:49:38 pm: Definitely Heinamenn/Maths Quest for the examples and essentials for the questions
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: SDPHD on June 05, 2011, 09:18:09 pm: Personally, I find Heinemann crap for both Chemistry and Physics.
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: Charmz on June 05, 2011, 09:42:52 pm: Quote from: |ll|lll| on June 05, 2011, 09:20:21 pm
Quote from: SDPHD on June 05, 2011, 09:18:09 pm
Personally, I find Heinemann crap for both Chemistry and Physics.
Seconded
Yeah. It has very bad questions and isn't in a very good format. Out of science text books, nature of biology is the best book i've come across.
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: Hutchoo on June 06, 2011, 01:39:19 am: Quote from: SDPHD on June 05, 2011, 09:18:09 pm
Personally, I find Heinemann crap for both Chemistry and Physics.

My friend gave me his old Jacaranda physics book (1/2) and it beats the crap out of Heinemann (1/2).
My opinion, of course.
Title: Re: What are the best textbooks
Post by: taiga on June 06, 2011, 01:57:26 am: I like Jacaranda Physics and Essentials for the rest.

Also chuck in Burberry's Business Management notes for spesh.