Physics: Principles and Problems

This older version of Physics: Principles and Problems published by Merrill is quite nice. It comes in at about 560 pages and covers all the major topics in high school physics: sig. figures, vectors, mechanics, heat, wave motion including sound, light, optics, electrostatics, current electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, nuclear and atomic physics. Info is at the right level. Not too complex but not water-downed either. Has good sample problems and supplies basic exercises for students to do. The info is nicely spaced on the page and makes effective use of color pictures and illustrations. I'd put this book just slightly behind the PSSC book and Trinklein's "Modern Physics" (both OOP) for quality and depth of coverage needed for H.S. physics. downsides: the font is a little on the small side. The problems could have spanned a greater range of difficulty. For such a small book it's surprisingly dense and therefore heavy. must be due to glossy pages. About the only topic I'd like to have seen addressed is rotation about a fixed axis i.e. angular kinematics/dynamics and moment of inertia. Many people complain about newer versions of this book published by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.