Recent content by Nickatron

LOL. So I helped my neighbor the other day with wireless issues, and she asked me if I wanted any of her old books. I saw the Halliday and Resnick book and took it home. For some reason, I guess because it said fundamentals, I thought it was a non-calculus based physics book. But you are right...

Walter Lewin is awesome, I started watching his lectures when I started E&M. Watch the first E&M lecture and he beats a student with cat fur to charge him!

Thanks osnarf, I have Halliday and Resnick's physics fundamentals book, and I like the explanations. I haven't taken a look at the calculus based book yet though.

Im sorry, but I don't believe this. Yes, the content in every introductory physics book is the same because those topics in physics have not changed. The way that the books approach problem solving, and the way a book leads you into trying the examples are different. Trust me I love physics, but...

Haha, that made me laugh pretty hard. Your logic doesn't make sense. Serway is not the definitive authority on teaching Physics, therefore if serway "ain't my thing." that does not mean that physics "ain't my thing". I'm glad you find Serway entertaining and easy to read, but that is not going...

I did a little research, and these textbooks seem to be better, but does anyone have any experience with these books that care to comment? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0131495089/?tag=pfamazon01-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321035720/?tag=pfamazon01-20...

I can't stand Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway. Every time I open the book I want to pull my hair out. They use ridiculously complicated formulas that could easily be derived from kinematics, and they don't even tell you where the formula came from. When I get to the exercises I...