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Old 10th Nov 2016, 20:14
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SeventhHeaven
 
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2013 is not too old. Those books are absolutely fine.

Nothing has changed since then. The learning objectives are still the same. 90% of the exam questions are still the same

Aerodynamics are Aerodynamics. A piston engine still obeys the same laws. Hell, even airlaw does not change. This is high school level stuff - It's just a lot.

Don't worry about it. The only differences between these yearly revisions are basically spelling, grammar, and the occasional image/graph. You won't miss out on anything by using an older book.


--- /incoming personal rant

Self published books, in an academic/scientific context, written by your own teachers, are worthless.

There are no authorities in science. You are judged on the merits of your arguments. Nobody knows everything, nobody has up-to-date knowledge on everything. Nobody has time for that. That's why we let the academic community/market forces decide on what's good teaching material and what's not.

So I seriously doubt you attended a top uni, or majored in anything scientific or otherwise in constant flux.

There is a reason you won't find many french universities in the yearly top 100 rankings.

Note that I am not saying a 300€ book is inherently better than a 50€ book. I'm also not saying government funded universities or books are bad.

/end rant. I get seriously triggered by this nonsense.
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