Reddit reviews Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics and MasteringPhysics (2nd Edition)
We found 7 Reddit comments about Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics and MasteringPhysics (2nd Edition). Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Young and Freedman is one of the more popular intro physics textbooks, but I think Knight's textbook is a little better for a first-timer, although it's not as complete.
I have always really liked the thoroughness of the Knight textbook. It's very expensive though.
... eyes shift back and forth
Hey OP! I think you dropped a textbook. I see it there in your inbox.
At my old school, we used this but after a quick Google search I found this other one. I don't know if these are exactly what you are looking for, though.
http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Scientists-Engineers-Strategic-MasteringPhysics/sim/0321513339/2
This one.
I'm not really good at physics, and I took a course taught by a professor who proudly taught tough introductory physics courses (5 credits each for Physics 1 and 2 w/ labs). He was funny, but the way he did tests was that he taught the equations (but advised against just memorizing formulas), why they worked, and how they come about with aid from the text book, gave us hints, but the exercises were all pretty unique and mostly from this book. I didn't know what my grade was until the end of the class. Thought I was gonna get a 2.0, but turned out I got a 3.0. That book was also pretty easy to read, I know there are illegitimate copies available using bittorrent.
So by reading the text, doing the assigned homework, and seeking resources outside the text or professor like youtube videos or something that show a different way of looking at the problem really help. If you study, practice, and ask questions, there isn't any reasonable explanation for failure.
Basically, you have to know the calculus and algebra used in physics well and use logical and creative thinking and you can figure out the solution.
This one. I thought it was really good actually, I remember it making the concepts pretty clear. But yeah the end is definitely where it got much more difficult without the right math background. But, my schools 4 year plan I have been following isn't very good, as my friends and I had figured out the hard way.
On the bright side, when I do get around to taking Calc 3 this fall, a lot of the concepts will be familiar. I've already had experience with vector calc, partial derivitives, and double/triple integrals.