which would contain material _like_ lecture notes, only more accurate and better written.
Well, I'm not 100% in agreement with better written since the person who wrote the book is often the person who wrote the lecture notes (and, in fact, lecture notes sometimes become books)... however, it would take a skilled student to pick the material for the course from the book... so, to get the equivalent material for my most recent lecture notes the students would have to read selected chapters from five different books -- I mark which books those are for them should they wish to do that -- they will have a much broader understanding of the subject but it will take them a lot longer -- plus I preface the lecture notes with the introductory material which the text books often miss out or, say, spread over the first five chapters.
I hope it's not arrogance, but to pass my choice a student would have a very very hard time getting that material from text books as I distilled the course to just include those parts it was necessary for me to teach from the many text books I've read.
There are advantages to the text book -- it provides a broader understanding and may have been proof read more -- although now my lecture notes for this course are on their 4th or 5th year through they have the majority of the major bugs worked out.
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Well, I'm not 100% in agreement with better written since the person who wrote the book is often the person who wrote the lecture notes (and, in fact, lecture notes sometimes become books)... however, it would take a skilled student to pick the material for the course from the book... so, to get the equivalent material for my most recent lecture notes the students would have to read selected chapters from five different books -- I mark which books those are for them should they wish to do that -- they will have a much broader understanding of the subject but it will take them a lot longer -- plus I preface the lecture notes with the introductory material which the text books often miss out or, say, spread over the first five chapters.
I hope it's not arrogance, but to pass my choice a student would have a very very hard time getting that material from text books as I distilled the course to just include those parts it was necessary for me to teach from the many text books I've read.
There are advantages to the text book -- it provides a broader understanding and may have been proof read more -- although now my lecture notes for this course are on their 4th or 5th year through they have the majority of the major bugs worked out.