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Holt Physics Reviews

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Summary: Great book for middle school
Comment: Don't even bother with this book in a High School physics setting, it assumes the student has no knowledge of what a parabola is (that's just one example). Overall it's paragraphs and paragraphs of over-explanation.

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Summary: Replacement Book
Comment: This was ordered as a replacement book for one my son lost. It is in better condition ,and much easier to read than the ones issued by the school district!

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Summary: Holt Physics
Comment: This is an excellent Physics manual and defines what a good physics textbook should be about. Excellent graphics and well defined explanations. A great resource for teacher and student alike.

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Summary: Fancy Cover, Bad Book
Comment: Quite Frankly, this new Holt Phyiscs book, does NOT cover all the content that is involved in the detailed study of Physics. Not only that, but it leaves out some of the most important principles that are in physics. For example, Chapter 5-2, we talk about Energy, it doesn't give the law of conservation of energy, which is one of the most important laws in physics. It also when talking about Newton's laws, doesn't use the ideas that Newton had. There are so many things missing, I could go on forever, I wish I could give this book a negative score, but I can't do so. I'm currently in Physics at my school, and I like to study Physics in my spare time. Serway is a very good author of the college books, that I have, but this one does not cut it for a full understanding of Physics.

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Summary: Superb Physics book!
Comment: This was the text book used in my honors physics class. Though it may not go into extremely advanced issues, it does touch on A LOT of material, including basic collisions, fluids, rotational motion, relativity (a bit), and even some quantum mechanics. This book is definitely useful to anyone who wants a better education in basic physics and a start into somewhat beginner's advanced physics.

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