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Adam Edmondson writes
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> I am in need of recommendations for A.P. Physics texts which are non calculus
>  based. The A.P. Physics text should be geared for taking the B or C exam. We
>  are
> just instituting this course for the fall of 94' and would like to preview
>  several textbooks before making a decision.
>
> If anyone has experience with the A.P. level and can make a recommendation, I
>  would certainly like to hear from you as soon as possible. Please e-mail me
 at
>  edmondso@nes.nersc.gov or axe7@psuvm.psu.edu
>

I teach an AP "C" course to first year high school physics students. A non-
calculus based text will not work for the C test. Although it is not what
I use, I suspect that Halliday and Resnick is the best text for the C
course.

I have had my non-AP students who have taken my regular HS physics course
take the AP test and get 5's on the B test.

To comment on some of the other remarks on the list, let me state that I
think that the regular HS physics courses have become generally "watered
down" lately.... I suspect that the statistics quoted on how much better
the AP students so in college physics is the result of the much more
rigorous courses.

In my regular physics course, I use Modern Physics 1990 ed (which has
many typos and many other shortcomings).
In my AP course I use The Mechanical Universe and Beyond the Mechanical
Universe.

Bob Curtis
Hackensack HS
Hackensack NJ
rcurtis@llnj.ll.pbs.org
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