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Refining the most widely adopted and enduring physics text available, University Physics with Modern Physics, Twelfth Edition continues an unmatched history of innovation and careful execution that was established by the best selling Eleventh Edition. Assimilating the best ideas from education research, this new edition provides enhanced problem-solving instruction, pioneering visual and conceptual pedagogy, the first systematically enhanced problems, and the most pedagogically proven and widely used homework and tutorial system available. Mechanics, Waves/Acoustics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, Optics, Modern Physics. For all readers interested in university physics.

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Looks good!	Customer Rating:
Just opened the book, but it looks like it's has what I need to get a grounded in university physics.

Good material, VERY poor quality

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The University Physics is pretty much the standard for college physics, but I think that they have really dropped the ball with this edition. The material is very clear with lots of good illustrations, making the book very easy to self-study. However, the quality of the book is terrible! Here are the things that my physics class learned to hate about it after the second semester: -VERY heavy! The book weighs almost 10 lbs! Even on my small campus, I got tired of lugging that book around. -BAD Binding. If you want to keep the book in good condition, don't plan on carrying it in a backpack. After halfway into the second semester, the books started falling apart--the binding wasn't strong enough to support the weight of the book. -SMEARING Ink. I regularly check the answers in the back of the book, but after about a month the ink began to smear because I would flip back at the same spot multiple times. -WRONG Answers: Many people have noticed that the answers in the back to the odd-numbered problems are wrong. Our professor started getting in the habit of assigning our homework on the board, then writing down the correct answers below. I would think that this, being the 12TH EDITION, would have fixed all those kinks! So my advice: Don't buy the book unless you have to--wait until the next edition comes out. I wouldn't try to buy it used either, because I think the quality of the book would only allow it to last long enough for one student.

Better without wrong answers	Customer Rating:
I second the earlier review of John Horstkamp. Good text, but I've found 2 end of chapter (odd numbered) problems that are wrong in the 1st 10 chapters. An errata (still unavailable as of 7/08) would help.

Good book but has flaws

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Very good text however it does has its issues. The grammar of some of the end of chapter problems is atrocious. Some of the answers to the (even numbered) end of chapter problems are incorrect - adding even more frustration to a subject that may be difficult to learn. I don't know if an errata sheet is available. Given the price of the book, I would have expected it to be better edited and proof read. (Perhaps that is more of a comment on the state of education in the USA today...)

Just as expected.	Customer Rating:
Everything was in order, just as I had expected, it showed up a couple days earlier than scheduled, so great.