Customer Reviews:
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 Thank God November 16, 2008
E. Wasilewski (FL)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I took physics for the first time last semester and had an aweful textbook. This book really helped me. It doesn't get fancy with deriving equations and junk like that. The best thing about this book is that is is CLEAR and TO THE POINT.
 Another great title from the "Dummies!" October 15, 2008
Kellye (Florida Keys)
Has been the only help for my daughter in physics class. She'd be lost without it.
 Not for dummies July 28, 2008
Andrew
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
This book isn't really for people who aren't familiar with physics, it's a reference for people who've already learned physics to brush up on thing that might have slipped their minds. It's both comical and insulting in how it asserts that you should now understand some long equation after providing no explanation in English, no breakdown of how it works, no explanation for why some value must be squared or multiplied with another. A book like this should be accessible and explain concepts in terms ordinary curious dummies can understand. Instead it makes you feel uninvited and left out. Concepts of algebra, trigonometry and calculus are referenced numerous times but they have clearly gone out of their way to not offer any help if you're unfamiliar with the mathematical operations presumably to push three more Dummies books. Last I checked your typical dummy wasn't well versed in college level math. There are no secondary examples or practice problems, presumably to push the Physics Workbook for Dummies, and in that respect it doesn't even live up to the standards of a basic text book. I strongly advise against buying this book and urge people to read customer reviews before buying any other Dummies book in the near future.
Dummies? May 8, 2008
M. Roeder
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well, I'm not a dummy but this book will make you check your past algebra skills.
Great August 10, 2007
Joe Pa
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have already received a degree in physics, but am always looking at texts for further understanding and alternate perspectives. This book is good for either a beginner or someone looking strengthen their grasp of physics.
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