Best physics textbooks?

[WhoTookMyUsername]

what do you reckon is best physics text pi?

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[pi]

what do you reckon is best physics text pi?

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I'd say Nelson, it doesn't have the crap that Heinemann has, whilst it is far superior to Jacaranda, which has no depth imo

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[b^3]

what do you reckon is best physics text pi?

Moved from the previous topic to keep that topic on topic (worst sentence ever...)

I'd say Nelson, it doesn't have the crap that Heinemann has, whilst it is far superior to Jacaranda, which has no depth imo

No depth? The Heinemann Chemistry textbook (unit 1/2) helped me more for physics than the Jacaranda book did. I hardly learnt anything from Jacaranda, neither did the rest of my class. (Remember my opinion, may not represent that quality of the book for others).

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[pi]

No depth? The Heinemann Chemistry textbook (unit 1/2) helped me more for physics than the Jacaranda book did. I hardly learnt anything from Jacaranda, neither did the rest of my class. (Remember my opinion, may not represent that quality of the book for others).

I think you misinterpret my post: Nelson > Hein > Jacaranda for physics texts

[b^3]

EDIT: Removed so that it doesn't look to bad for Jacaranada.

In short, just don't use Jacarada.

[Lasercookie]

Yeah, I'm also a big fan of the Nelson book. I agree that Nelson > Heinemann >> Jacaranda.

If you come across them, the Jacaranda practice sacs were pretty good however. I also reckon that Nelson Physics is probably the only textbook that has provided decent extras on their CD - it had stuff like chapter summaries etc. Nelson does have it's flaws though - sometimes it doesn't explain something in great detail, while the other textbooks will.

[b^3]

ahk i'll have a look through both

unrelated: b3 how does your school hand out "dux" awards? Simply by SACs?

By SACS and by who the teachers have seen have been working throughout the year and who they think will do the best at the end of the year. (Problem is I kinda have to live up to it now ). Not expecting too much for physics as I only started resorting to the Heinemann textbook in the middle of term 3. Had to put up with Jacaranda for too long.

[Hutchoo]

I found that Jacaranda physics was better at explaining 1/2 concepts than Heinemann. :/

[Sellingman]

If you've got a talent for physics Jacaranda is better IMO.

I had both jacaranda and heinemann and I'd say the difference is that Heinemann is more simplistic and therefore more people understand it. Jacaranda goes into more depth IMO and is more complex, more for your 40+ students.

[Deank]

Does anyone have any PDF versions of these textsbooks, Units 1/2 & 3/4?, I'd be really interested in doing some study for physics before going into my BSc.

[pi]

Does anyone have any PDF versions of these textsbooks, Units 1/2 & 3/4?, I'd be really interested in doing some study for physics before going into my BSc.

Sorry, but AN does not allow posting of copyright materials. Try local libraries maybe?

[Deank]

Does anyone have any PDF versions of these textsbooks, Units 1/2 & 3/4?, I'd be really interested in doing some study for physics before going into my BSc.

Sorry, but AN does not allow posting of copyright materials. Try local libraries maybe?

Ok, thanks.

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[LinusX]

I used Heinemann but Jacaranda is not such a bad book...it's a little simplistic but it has good sumaries for many chapters. I used Jacaranda for the light and matter section because Heinemann was all over the place. Heinemann has really good questions although in some cases the questions are no longer relevant and you have to avoid them. I can't really say anything about Nelson but I did occasionally use the old Nelson book (very little colour) for questions (teacher gave us photocopies of questions.)