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zellyn on Feb 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rice Uiversity Announces Open Source Textbooks

Wow. I wonder if "algebra-based" means "no calculus". http://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics

drcube on Feb 7, 2012 [–]

At my school, yep. There were two tracks: Physics for scientists and engineers, which used calculus, and physics for arts/humanities, which was "algebra based".

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