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Originally Posted by MovieBird
Claiming that falling academic standards are why textbooks are so high, is ludicrous in that basic principles needed for understanding more advanced principles do not change.
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I didn't say that it was the reason that textbook prices were high; I said that it was the reason that textbooks needed to be changed, and why you couldn't just go on using old textbooks indefinitely. If you're writing, let's say, a textbook on quantum mechanics, you need to know what mathematical level your reader is at and if, for example, they don't know vector calculus, then you need to teach them that as a part of your course.