<p>I was wondering if anyone knew the books for Honors Gen Chem or Honors Calc. I wanted to see how much they cost to get some idea/see if I am up to taking the courses this upcoming year. Also if anyone knew any good hum sequences I would love to know. Haha I guess I have a lot of questions.</p>
<p>The textbook for Honors Calculus (MATH 160’s) is “Calculus” by Michael Spivak, which is supplemented in 163 by “Tools of the Trade” by Paul Sally.</p>
<p>Both are pretty rockin’ texts. Especially the Sally; his sarcasm is fantastic.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! Btw do you know if there are any solutions books to Spivak’s calculus for reference.</p>
<p>I believe that they exist, but they’re rare. From what I hear, solution manuals for Honors Calc aren’t that useful, though, given the approach that the course takes.</p>
<p>As far as HUM sequences, I would highly recommend Human Being and Citizen. I took it, and really enjoyed my experience. For reference, we read the Illiad, Genesis, and a bunch of Plato (Symposium, Apology, etc.) first quarter, and the Inferno, Confessions, and Nicomachean Ethics second quarter.</p>
<p>The book for Honors (and regular) chem is Principles of Modern Chemistry by Oxtoby, etc. I really liked my Philosophical Perspectives class for Hum. I think the professor you get is really the most important thing though.</p>
<p>You liked Paul Sally’s text? Maybe it was that I had it read to me by Sally that turned me off to it all the more, but I thought it was rather annoying with parts of the text telling you to go look up definitions in another book as he is too lazy to give them there, telling you to find 10 proofs of the fundamental theorem of calculus, and giving many times the hard part of a proof as an ‘exercise.’ It didn’t help I also saw his new textbook he is working on where it has “May not be correct???” or “Not sure how to finish” and then tells you to do it for homework -.- (not a fan of Sally, if you couldn’t tell)</p>
<p>HOWEVER, Spivak is great according to my friends. If you take the IBL style of Honors Calculus (I highly recommend it!), you don’t have any textbook.</p>
<p>Also, I loved Greek Thought and Literature for Hum. Because it was so focused, I ended up understanding things more, I think. By the end of it, I understood the majority of the references to the Greek gods and goddesses, what a boy/lover relationship was like, etc. Added a lot to the texts.</p>
<p>I was just amused by the proofs that went:</p>
<p>Proof. Obvious.</p>
<p>What can I say? I appreciate a good ■■■■■.</p>
<p>Spivak has some explanation of some of the problems in the back of the book. As Rny2 said, they aren’t all that helpful besides prodding you in the right direction. You’re best off going to office hours and doing the problems with others so you develop the right mindset for doing proofs. :)</p>