Xref: utzoo sci.math:4968 sci.physics:4991 comp.edu:1474 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!daemon From: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU (Mr Background) Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,comp.edu Subject: Re: How to beat the high cost of text books! Message-ID: <8269@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 2 Dec 88 20:18:34 GMT References: <2219@cbnews.ATT.COM> <684@stech.UUCP> <547@aoa.UUCP> <17563@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <982@tank.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: evwong@athena.mit.edu (Eric V Wong) Distribution: na Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 11 I agree. Calculus 12th editions are absolutely useless and self-serving. As a matter of fact, my favorite introductory calc text is one I used in high school - 2nd ed of G. Thomas. (not Thomas and Finney, now in it 's infinity-th edition.... bleh) From: evwong@athena.mit.edu (Eric V Wong) Path: athena.mit.edu!evwong +------------------------------------------------------+ | Eric V Wong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | | ARPA: evwong@athena.mit.edu BITNET: WONG@MITWIBR | | CIS: 72117,431 GEnie: E.WONG2 |