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It varies from text to text. Typically, as I said skill books will focus more on applications, and be more computational than those which emphasize theory. Most textbooks will not be entirely theoretical, or application-based - falling somewhere in between, with emphasis on one. As to...

Hey! Thanks for running this forum. Not to worry. If anyone is interested, I've gone with Sears and Zemansky's University Physics, which seems to be more my learning style.

That depends on the texts. But, usually, yes. There will be a lot more handwaving in the skills text, so yes, "briefer" in that manner. But some skills texts explain more about applications than do theory ones. Don't worry too much about these, you'll pick it up as go along- and see which suits...

If you want to go deep into the subject, take the theory based one. If you just want to know it, so you can apply it: then the skill based one.

Ah, good! Which one?

People have suggested you very good books. Just take whichever you like most, and get started with it. If none takes your fancy, take a look at the textbook listings. Don't be too concerned about the order you're going in, as long as you can follow it.

You can use them as main texts. Serge Lang's Basic Mathematics also covers algebra and trigonometry in somewhat briefer detail. When you're done working with these three, you'll understand these topics better, and in far more detail than they are taught in a regular high school. These should be...

I would strongly suggest I.M. Gelfand's Algebra and Trigonometry (two separate books). I think these would be exactly what you want: old-school, Soviet, clear rigorous texts. After you're done with those, you would do well to go through Lang's Basic Mathematics. After that, start calculus. I'd...

After researching through introductory physics textbooks, I've narrowed it down to the choices given in the title. Can someone tell me the highlights of both? I've looked through some of the threads in these forums, and both of them seem equally well regarded. I'm looking for a through...