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mk9898
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Hello,
I've been researching textbooks to use for my first-year E&M course and since I have no previous knowledge of E&M, I've been reading University Physics by Young et al. and Serway's book. I am pretty annoyed at the verbosity of the texts and the banal exercises where most exercises are just plug-ins. On the other hand they have helped me understand some concepts but they just take too long to get to the point as if the reader is slow to understand.
The level of the E&M course is very high for a second semester which is also why I am stressing to keep up. My math is good enough I believe for Purcell and Griffith but I am curious if you think that a essentially beginner in the subject would profit from working with both books?
How are the exercises in the two texts? Are they challenging and beneficial to do? Meaning, after doing the problems should I be able to master the subject?
I've been researching textbooks to use for my first-year E&M course and since I have no previous knowledge of E&M, I've been reading University Physics by Young et al. and Serway's book. I am pretty annoyed at the verbosity of the texts and the banal exercises where most exercises are just plug-ins. On the other hand they have helped me understand some concepts but they just take too long to get to the point as if the reader is slow to understand.
The level of the E&M course is very high for a second semester which is also why I am stressing to keep up. My math is good enough I believe for Purcell and Griffith but I am curious if you think that a essentially beginner in the subject would profit from working with both books?
How are the exercises in the two texts? Are they challenging and beneficial to do? Meaning, after doing the problems should I be able to master the subject?