Renaming the Science and Math Textbooks forum

[Wrichik Basu]

The Science and Math Textbooks forum has been of great help to perhaps every member of PF. Why not rename it so that it would aptly describe the realm of the forum?

"Textbooks" mostly (though not always) refer to books prescribed under a course or by an educational institution. But the forum also entails "Reference" books, which are considered to be out-of-syllabus books recommended for further reading and to increase the boundaries of knowledge.

Moreover, the forum also has threads where research papers are recommended, which does not form a part of either Textbooks or Reference books.

Hence, I feel it would be best if the name of the forum is changed to Science and Math Resource Recommendations. In this way, it would rightly describe everything - textbooks, reference books and other resources like research papers. Resources would mean all types of study material necessary for learning science and math.

A thread may be pinned at the top of the forum, making it clear what Resources would mean.

Please feel free to put in your thoughts about why you support / don't support this suggestion.

Looking forward to the input of @Greg Bernhardt and other mentors.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Thanks for the suggestion.

Science and Math Resource Recommendations.

We could go further and make it STEM Resource Recommendations. My worry though is that is becomes a little ambiguous and confusing.

 

[phinds]

Science and Math Resource Recommendations. sounds good to me

 

[Wrichik Basu]

My worry though is that is becomes a little ambiguous and confusing.

Good idea, but many won't understand the meaning of STEM, especially new users.

 

[jtbell]

How about "Science and Math Textbooks and Resources"? That's one character shorter than "Engineering and Computer Science Homework" which I think is the longest forum name now.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

How about "Science and Math Textbooks and Resources"? That's one character shorter than "Engineering and Computer Science Homework" which I think is the longest forum name now.

Then what about Reference books?

 

[phinds]

Then what about Reference books?

Is that not a resource? How long do you want this title to BE anyway? You've got a good idea going, but let's not get carried away

 

[Borek]

Resources? So, we will start posting links and discuss videos? Or do we reject them as not being resources?

 

[phinds]

Resources? So, we will start posting links and discuss videos? Or do we reject them as not being resources?

Nobody said we have to include every resource in the world.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Resources? So, we will start posting links and discuss videos? Or do we reject them as not being resources?

This is a good point. I think we should stick with texts. Also it might not be a good idea to included papers. It could get messy with quality control and many times paper requests and discussion are better off in other forums.