Best Introductory Physics Text?

[Lorizael]

Because I was able to CLEP out (apparently that's a verb) of Calculus I, I should be able to take Physics come the Fall semester. Between now and then, however, I'm stuck retaking failed classes to get my GPA out of Academic Restriction land.

But I don't want to stop learning, for fear that I'll start to forget and/or lose interest. So can anyone recommend a good introductory Physics text that will allow me to practice the Calculus I've re-learned and, of course, get a good handle on mechanics and thermodynamics?

[Jon Miller]

I had Serway:

http://books.google.com/books/about/Physics_for_Scientists_and_Engineers.html?id=6upvonUt0O8C&redir_esc=y

After I graduated, I got Feynman:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed/dp/0465023827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337105346&sr=8-1

A bit of a different approach, but the classic.

JM

[The Mad Monk]

Go to the college bookstore, and grab whatever physics for engineers textbook they're using.

[Lorizael]

I had Serway:

http://books.google.com/books/about/...8C&redir_esc=y

I've heard good things about Serway. Are you recommending it?

After I graduated, I got Feynman:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed/dp/0465023827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337105346&sr=8-1

A bit of a different approach, but the classic.

JM

My understanding is that his lectures would be illuminating but not particularly useful for someone who wants to study, yes?

[Lorizael]

Go to the college bookstore, and grab whatever physics for engineers textbook they're using.

That would be University Physics.

[The Mad Monk]

Those prices are scary.

If that is for their for-engineers-not-for-poets class, I would say get that one. The solutions book, too.

Also, buy used. Those prices are scary.

[Lorizael]

If all goes according to plan my employer will be picking up the tab.

[The Mad Monk]

It's never too early to show you have an eye for cost control.

[Hauldren Collider]

Because I was able to CLEP out (apparently that's a verb) of Calculus I, I should be able to take Physics come the Fall semester. Between now and then, however, I'm stuck retaking failed classes to get my GPA out of Academic Restriction land.

But I don't want to stop learning, for fear that I'll start to forget and/or lose interest. So can anyone recommend a good introductory Physics text that will allow me to practice the Calculus I've re-learned and, of course, get a good handle on mechanics and thermodynamics?

I used the Tipler book in high school.

[Lorizael]

Took the plunge and bought a used copy of the one my school will be using (and the solutions) for $115. Gulp.

[DaShi]

Intro Physics is easy. You should be able to intuit everything you need to know.

[Lorizael]

That must be why it took us until the 17th century to derive the laws of motion.