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<p><font face="serif">So the bookstore has THREE options for your
text.</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">Burdge (4th edition) - Bound</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">Burdge (5th edition) - Looseleaf</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">Buedge (5th edition) - e-Text/Rental</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">The reason for this is that the textbook went
into a new 5th edition in the spring of this year so there are a
lot of older 4th edition bound texts floating around. To save
students money the textbook supplier is now providing a lower
cost looseleaf version of the NEW text as well as a e-Text
option. This is pretty common -- I had to buy looseleaf books
for my daughter last year at her school. Anyway the choice is
entirely up to you, BUT I will be assigning problems out of the
5th edition of Burdge. <br>
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<p><font face="serif">Also, some students go with the e-Text and
then, after the first test, realize that the e-text is not the
best study tool for them because it's not what they are
accustomed to. They then go back and purchase a looseleaf or
bound copy. This is not always the case, but I have seen this
happen on several occasions.</font></p>
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Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Director of the Computational Science Program
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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