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Re: merrill text

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From: harold_lefcourt
Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 00:00
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Thanks to all of those who responded to my question about the Merrill
physics text.  The following was forwared to me from one of the
authors

> From sb-f1.umd.umich.edu!PZITZEWI Sun May 14 14:29:42 1995
> From: "Paul Zitzewitz" <PZITZEWI@sb-f1.umd.umich.edu>
> Organization:  University of Michigan-Dearborn
> To: Robert Curtis <rcurtis@NYLINK.ORG>
> Date:          Sun, 14 May 1995 14:39:17 EDT
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> Glencoe's number is 800-848-1567.  They will forward your request to
> the appropriate sales rep.
>
> Merrill Publishing was sold to McGraw-Hill & Macmillan (both of whom
> were owned by the British publisher whose name also started with
> an "M" and who later drowned at sea).  Then, it was shifted to
McGraw-
> Hill alone and put into their Glencoe high school division.  So,
> the company is now called Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.  Just to let people
> know they are still dealing with the same book, the '92 and '95
> editions are now called "Merrill's Physics:  Principles and
> Problems."
>
> I happen to be the senior author, so I tend to keep track of these
> strange happenings, but they shouldn't cause the user any problem.
>
>
Harold Lefcourt
Morris Knolls HS
Rockaway, NJ
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Subject: Re: merrill text
Date: 1995/05/14
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