Hello Gerrit,

 GK>>> I always had difficulties to understand what a /textbook/ in
 GK>>> English speaking countries really is. There is a faint memory
 GK>>> that it had something to do with the "audience". Textbooks
 GK>>> are for undergraduate students, or something like that?

 HT>> What's a textbook in non-English speaking countries?!

 > I don't know, since I'm still unsure about the exact meaning. ;)

As I understand it, it is a book that is considered a standard used for
teaching the particular field. Landau and Lifschitz is a
"textbook" on statistical mechanics f.e. Minnaert's "de
natuurkunde van het vrije veld" is a textbook on outdoor physics.

Cheers, Michiel

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