tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post3694832395515625100..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: What is wrong with this textbook?Ross H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-34635295364044685572012-03-12T02:14:22.082+10:002012-03-12T02:14:22.082+10:00One more reason not to use Atkins' book. There...One more reason not to use Atkins' book. There are other examples in this book as well. I think it's insulting to not use real data when ever possible. It's even more insulting pass off computer generated data as real experimental data...especially it's not that hard to get the real thing. <br /><br />The grid-lines in the Kittel figure are actually useful since one may actually want to read off the susceptiblity vs. T for a given element from the data presented. That figure was published in the days before ""DataThief" and electronic media.Eric Bittnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674319839390669479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-26150797777058297442012-03-04T22:22:44.741+10:002012-03-04T22:22:44.741+10:00"Physical Biology of the Cell" not only ..."Physical Biology of the Cell" not only has data in figures, but includes data from illustrative experiments online, so that exercises may be designed around them.Seth Olsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09304457461800104790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-19641657585784329062012-03-04T01:58:35.380+10:002012-03-04T01:58:35.380+10:00On an unrelated note, why do some authors seem to ...On an unrelated note, why do some authors seem to think that filling up a graph with gridlines makes it clearer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com