Reviews for Physical Science for Liberal Arts Students 2nd EDI Tion

The average rating for Physical Science for Liberal Arts Students 2nd EDI Tion based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-02-09 00:00:00 Terence Pare Some content is a bit dated (learning styles etc.) but looks to be a really useful starting point with loads and loads of recommended further resources etc. But like a (good) Wikipedia introduction with lots of ideas to follow up at a later time. Seems to be the sort of book that would benefit from re-reading again and again.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-30 00:00:00 Cavour Mcclain I used this book to teach an Undergraduate Computer Science course titled "Social Implications Of Information Processing" at WPI, a decision I made hastily based on the previous professor's choice of the same text. I would not make the same choice again. - I found the text repetitive. - Definitions were sometimes narrow in scope, Data Mining - personal data only. - Index was very sparse missing entries for Therac-25, Secondary use, Patriot Act, and so forth. Granted this was helpful in offering open book quizzes. :) - Review, discussion and essay questions were repetitive for a given chapter. - The author cites Wikipedia.com often, something I do not allow my students to do. (2010-12-17) - Many URL's are cited without an access date. These last two points are particularly bothersome considering the nature of the courses this text is meant for. - I've never had students complain about a text book as much as this one. I spent 25% of my class time clearing up "conceptual muddles" and filling in relevant topics other such texts include and cover in better depth. - I did find the Chapter on Critical Thinking useful, as a few other sections of the book. It is not totally without merit. Given that Baase does not seem to have put out a fourth edition of "A Gift Of Fire" I'd recommend Quinn's "Ethics For The Information Age" instead of this text.