I feel a bit odd reviewing a textbook...because it's not as though someone buying it is really going to have a choice in the matter...but amazon keeps harassing me to review it so I suppose I will give a brief impression as a student at a junior college.
As far as textbooks go, I found this one to be above average. Tons of full color illustrations/pictures...interesting side notes and critical thinking exercises and points...a touch of humor interjected once in a while. "You don't want to go to mars wearing a cheap spacesuit!" Strangely, the material seems more difficult in the earliest chapters, as opposed to other textbooks and courses that build up your knowledge of the material before introducing more difficult concepts. The later chapters are mostly comprised of things you learned in the third grade, just at a survey course college level. This seems counterintuitive at first, but truthfully mastering the more difficult portions first make for a more enjoyable and better understood experience later on. For those not "math minded", the equations presented can be intimidating at first glance (what are all these symbols???), but truthfully I barely have a decent grasp on Algebra and I was able to work them out very easily after a few practice runs. The text overall is not remotely math heavy. Overall I found this very user friendly, engaging, and as enjoyable as a textbook can be. So, while you are going to have to shell out an obscene amount of money for a book you won't take another look at after 12-15 weeks...at least this big, hardcover tome is filled with pretty pictures and interesting material...which is more than you'll be able to say about most!
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