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"Thomas Reed" |
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17 Aug 2004 09:28:32 AM |
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Textbook recommendations? |
I hope this is an appropriate question for this group, but sorry if it
isn't...
I graduated with a BS in Physics 11 years ago, and haven't used it for
11 years. So I'm afraid I'm a bit rusty. :-)
I need to get back up to speed, as I'm starting the process of becoming
certified to teach high-school physics (among other things). It will
be a 2+ year process, with a test at the end to ensure I know my stuff.
So I need a bit of review.
Can anyone recommend a really good textbook or two for someone like me,
who needs to review physics all the way back to the basics, but will
probably pick it up fairly quickly? Also, a calculus book might not be
a bad idea, either, as my calculus has become quite rusty as well...
Thanks in advance!
--
-Thomas
<http://www.bitjuggler.com/>
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| User: "Dirk Van de moortel" |
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| Title: Re: Textbook recommendations? |
17 Aug 2004 10:04:19 AM |
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"Thomas Reed" <thomasareed@dont.spam.me> wrote in message news:170820041028326585%thomasareed@dont.spam.me...
I hope this is an appropriate question for this group, but sorry if it
isn't...
I graduated with a BS in Physics 11 years ago, and haven't used it for
11 years. So I'm afraid I'm a bit rusty. :-)
I need to get back up to speed, as I'm starting the process of becoming
certified to teach high-school physics (among other things). It will
be a 2+ year process, with a test at the end to ensure I know my stuff.
So I need a bit of review.
Can anyone recommend a really good textbook or two for someone like me,
who needs to review physics all the way back to the basics, but will
probably pick it up fairly quickly? Also, a calculus book might not be
a bad idea, either, as my calculus has become quite rusty as well...
Thanks in advance!
I would recommend to first go for Hewitt's
"Conceptual Physics" as a general refresher
http://www.aw-bc.com/info/hewitt/
and then work through Feynman's "Lectures on Physics"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201021153/103-0891896-3831029?v=glance
and Ohanian's "Physics"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393957527/104-6558794-1518360?v=glance
That should bring you up to speed in 6 to 12 months
I guess...
Dirk Vdm
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| User: "Harry Conover" |
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| Title: Re: Textbook recommendations? |
17 Aug 2004 04:04:30 PM |
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Thomas Reed <thomasareed@dont.spam.me> wrote in message news:<170820041028326585%thomasareed@dont.spam.me>...
I hope this is an appropriate question for this group, but sorry if it
isn't...
I graduated with a BS in Physics 11 years ago, and haven't used it for
11 years. So I'm afraid I'm a bit rusty. :-)
I need to get back up to speed, as I'm starting the process of becoming
certified to teach high-school physics (among other things). It will
be a 2+ year process, with a test at the end to ensure I know my stuff.
So I need a bit of review.
Can anyone recommend a really good textbook or two for someone like me,
who needs to review physics all the way back to the basics, but will
probably pick it up fairly quickly? Also, a calculus book might not be
a bad idea, either, as my calculus has become quite rusty as well...
Thanks in advance!
Obvious the first question is "what happened to all your old
textbooks"? I still have everyone of mine, and refer to them often, as
well as the math texts that I used. (I suspect my treasured copies of
Richards and Wehr, and Thomas will be buried with me.)
If you no longer have them, your next best bet would be to pick-up a
copy of Halliday and Resnick's "Fundamentals of Physics". It is
today's 'in' Physics 101 text, and will certainly be sufficient to
refresh your knowledge of anything what you would ever need to teach
in a H.S. physics course and then some.
Beneath that level, you would be teaching 'General Science', not
physics.
Harry C.
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| User: "Sam Wormley" |
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| Title: Re: Textbook recommendations? |
17 Aug 2004 09:39:55 AM |
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Thomas Reed wrote:
I hope this is an appropriate question for this group, but sorry if it
isn't...
I graduated with a BS in Physics 11 years ago, and haven't used it for
11 years. So I'm afraid I'm a bit rusty. :-)
I need to get back up to speed, as I'm starting the process of becoming
certified to teach high-school physics (among other things). It will
be a 2+ year process, with a test at the end to ensure I know my stuff.
So I need a bit of review.
Can anyone recommend a really good textbook or two for someone like me,
who needs to review physics all the way back to the basics, but will
probably pick it up fairly quickly? Also, a calculus book might not be
a bad idea, either, as my calculus has become quite rusty as well...
I'm curious--can you not review from your old textbooks... physics and
math?
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| User: "Thomas Reed" |
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| Title: Re: Textbook recommendations? |
17 Aug 2004 09:51:27 AM |
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In article <412218AC.77D0C92@mchsi.com>, Sam Wormley
<swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote:
I'm curious--can you not review from your old textbooks... physics and
math?
Heh... <sheepish grin> I didn't keep them, when my career path turned
thoroughly away from physics. I did not anticipate wanting them again.
--
-Thomas
<http://www.bitjuggler.com/>
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| User: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Nils_O=2E_Sel=E5sdal=22?=" |
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| Title: Re: Textbook recommendations? |
18 Aug 2004 09:19:58 AM |
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Thomas Reed wrote:
I hope this is an appropriate question for this group, but sorry if it
isn't...
I graduated with a BS in Physics 11 years ago, and haven't used it for
11 years. So I'm afraid I'm a bit rusty. :-)
I need to get back up to speed, as I'm starting the process of becoming
certified to teach high-school physics (among other things). It will
be a 2+ year process, with a test at the end to ensure I know my stuff.
So I need a bit of review.
I stumbled upon these,
http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1.html
which is available for free as PDF's.
Seems rather good, but someone else with a better clue could
perhaps verify ?
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| User: "Ben Stillwell" |
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| Title: Re: Textbook recommendations? |
17 Aug 2004 09:31:45 PM |
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You may already know about them but, they're called The Feynman Lectures,
contained in 3 books. They are a compilation of lectures he gave to an
undergrad physics class to Cal Tech in the 60's. They're pretty easy to
find. They include the absolute -best- explanations of the conceptual
foundations of classical mechanics, electrodynamics, and quantum physics,
repectively. They also cover numerous special topics that the typical text
books don't get into.
"Thomas Reed" <thomasareed@dont.spam.me> wrote in message
news:170820041028326585%thomasareed@dont.spam.me...
I hope this is an appropriate question for this group, but sorry if it
isn't...
I graduated with a BS in Physics 11 years ago, and haven't used it for
11 years. So I'm afraid I'm a bit rusty. :-)
I need to get back up to speed, as I'm starting the process of becoming
certified to teach high-school physics (among other things). It will
be a 2+ year process, with a test at the end to ensure I know my stuff.
So I need a bit of review.
Can anyone recommend a really good textbook or two for someone like me,
who needs to review physics all the way back to the basics, but will
probably pick it up fairly quickly? Also, a calculus book might not be
a bad idea, either, as my calculus has become quite rusty as well...
Thanks in advance!
--
-Thomas
<http://www.bitjuggler.com/>
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