written by
Dr. David Halliday,
Dr. Robert Resnick, and
Dr. Jearl Walker
This website provides information about the textbook "Fundamentals of Physics" by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker. It contains links to both student and teacher resources that are intended to be used along with the book and information about adopting the text.
I heard someone say the other day that this book (Halliday, Resnick, etc.) has a wide diversity in its accompanying photos, while Giancoli is lacking in this regard...
Has anyone else sensed this in using these books, or does anyone know where one might find some data about this?
Author: Melanie Markman
Posted: September 30, 2008 at 11:35PM
It has some great explanations and shows the long way of everything it is great if you are a why does this work person when you learn a new concept. I like being able to read through the proofs, personally. It also has awesome problems to work, that help prepare you for physics and real world application.
Author: Mac Moore
Posted: December 6, 2004 at 11:00PM
It's a fair text. The best thing, for me, were the concept questions. As for the HW problems... *shrugs* They were okay. For some reason the authors (or author... Walker, I suspect) are obsessed with penguins.
The other good thing was the Interactive LearningWare. If your instructor didn't get it on CD, request it, because it's slow as Christmas online (even with broadband), but it's worth it. The stuff for optics was especially helpful.
The worked problems/examples in the book are sub-par. In general the problems are sort of obscure and irrelevent, and worst of all not helpful for the HW.
Also, the exposition on E&M, especially circuits, is poor.
Overall, though, it's good. Good illustrations, nice glossy paper, and the separation into multiple volumes only sometimes annoying.
D. Halliday, R. Resnick, and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Version Sixth Edition (2001), WWW Document, (http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471216437.html).
Halliday, D., Resnick, R., & Walker, J. (2001). Fundamentals of Physics. Retrieved November 21, 2009, from http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471216437.html
Halliday, D, R. Resnick, and J. Walker. Fundamentals of Physics. 2001. http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471216437.html (accessed 21 November 2009).
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