Re: List of Best Physics Books

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From: John E. Prussing
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 01:36

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In <d444955e.0212112008.d6d2526@posting.google.com> jupiter_scientific@yahoo.com (Jupiter Scientific) writes:

>A list of the top-selling scientific books at Amazon.com including
>those in physics has been compiled at

>http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/bestbooks.html

>Readers of this newsgroup should find this information useful if they
>are looking for a good science book as a gift for the holiday season.

>                    ---
>This posting is brought to you by Jupiter Scientific, an organization
>dedicated to the promotion of science and scientific education through
>books, the internet, and other means of communication
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I can't resist telling an off-topic story. Years ago at my university,
some wag put an ad in the school newspaper selling a well-known physics
book at a very low price. The phone number listed was that of the phone
in the elevator in the physics building.
--
John E. Prussing
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
http://www.uiuc.edu/~prussing

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