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What are the best textbooks
« on: June 04, 2011, 09:32:07 pm »
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Hi all,
I would like to know the best text books for following,
physics
further maths
mathematical methods
special maths


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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2011, 09:37:27 pm »
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Cambridge Essential for Methods! :)

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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2011, 09:45:42 pm »
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Essentials is also the best for Spesh.
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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2011, 12:30:16 pm »
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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.

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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2011, 12:40:30 pm »
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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.
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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2011, 12:49:19 pm »
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Hi all,
I would like to know the best text books for following,
physics
further maths
mathematical methods
special maths



Heinemann
Essentials x 3

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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2011, 12:49:38 pm »
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Definitely Heinamenn/Maths Quest for the examples and essentials for the questions
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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2011, 09:18:09 pm »
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Personally, I find Heinemann crap for both Chemistry and Physics.
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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2011, 09:42:52 pm »
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Personally, I find Heinemann crap for both Chemistry and Physics.
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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.

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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2011, 01:39:19 am »
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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).
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Re: What are the best textbooks
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2011, 01:57:26 am »
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I like Jacaranda Physics and Essentials for the rest.

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