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1.
Mikhail M. Agrest. Lectures
on Introductory Physics I. 196 pp. with
illustrations, Thomson Learning. ISBN 0759345120 , 2004. |
2.
Mikhail M. Agrest. Lectures
on Introductory Physics II. 181 pp. with illustrations. Thomson Learning. ISBN 075934583x,
2004. |
3.
Mikhail M. Agrest. Lectures on General Physics I.(Calculus Based Course). 257 pp. with illustrations. Thomson
Learning. ISBN 0-759-35047-7, 2005. |
4.
Mikhail M. Agrest. Lectures on General Physics II.(Calculus Based Course). 237 pp. with illustrations. Thomson
Learning. ISBN 0-759-36060-X, 2005. |
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1a. Mikhail
M. Agrest. Lectures on Introductory
Physics I. Revised 249 pp. with illustrations,
Thomson Learning. ISBN
1426625596 , 2007. |
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2a. Mikhail
M. Agrest. Lectures on Introductory
Physics II. Revised 252 pp. with illustrations. Thomson Learning., 2006. ISBN 0-759-39304-4, |
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Testimonials: |
Author and Professor Emeritus
This letter is being written on behalf of
Prof. Mikhail Agrest. I met Prof. Agrest at an AAPT Meeting in such materials, and my publisher, Thomson
Learning, subsequently published his work in a series of four books. His work will benefit those instructors who
prefer to use Power Point presentations in the classroom, and should be
especially useful for individuals who do not have the time to prepare such
support materials. Respectfully submitted, Raymond A. Serway Author and Professor Emeritus |
Distinguished Professor Physics and
Astronomy Department.
When I last taught Calculus Based Physics (Spring 2003), I used
Mikhail Agrest's Lectures on Physics
202 and found it very useful.
It allowed my students to listen to what
I was saying and follow the derivations from the overheads without having to
spend the time and effort to write them in their notebooks. This freed
more class time for discussions and
problem solving. I found it to be a valuable timesaver for the students and myself. |
John L. Safko Director of the Astronomy Program, USC
I
have examined the initial draft of the supplementary material that Dr. Agrest
proposes develop for his introductory physics courses. He is working on the
problems that I discovered existed in the late 1960's in my introductory
astronomy courses. That is, students often take poor notes and are so
busy taking these notes that they to not learn from the lecture. I found that providing notes helped
with student retention (both physical an mental) and improved the scores on my exams.
Additional material must be provide during the lecture and clearly identified as such. Mikhail proposes developing material that could be
transported for use by other teachers He wants to make both a copy with additional problems
and solutions and supplementary material (transparencies/PowerPoint Presentation) for the teacher. I
believe this would be a worthwhile endeavor and, if properly made, useful for
other instructors. His proposed examples take examples that students can
relate to their own experiences outside of the physics classroom My development of astronomy material could go in a
different direction than Mikhail since my astronomy courses are much less mathematically
intensive than introductory physics courses. I believe there are faculty who
would and could make use of such a set of materials. It could be tied to a particular text or
developed with a stand-alone approach. I encourage your consideration and support of his
proposal. |
Professor Physics Department The Citadel
… Mikhail M. Agrest [who] is a dedicated teacher at
the this school to be extremely useful in learning problem solving. Although it is contrary to many contemporary trends in college teaching, this more classical approach satisfies a significant audience who are looking for a more structured treatment of physics. It may lead some into scientific careers. Those students, who major in physics and related fields and benefit from it, will more readily find their way into graduate school where the academic standards have changed far less in recent years than undergraduate education. Many professors find such books useful as references. |
The Physics Teacher (Vol. 44, page 254, April 2006),
The
American Association of the Physics Teachers Journal Speaks about this book in the Micro-Reviews by the Book Review Editor • Lectures
on Introductory Physics I & II, by Mikhail M. Agrest, published by Thomson Custom Publishing,
Mason, OH (2004), paperback. Not a
textbook, but an excellent aid to students who
have difficulty with taking notes in class, who
have not yet mastered the art of determining what is essential, and
for those who are thwarted from asking questions because they are writing
down too much. D0I:10.1119/1.2186248 John L. Hubisz, Past AAPT President, Column
Editor
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8202; hubisz@unity.ncsu.edu
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