Tom Bernatowicz is suppose to be a great physics professor. Wash U students at www.ratemyprofessors.com did not care for Solin (cares about research more than teaching) or Hohenberg (boring).
having had both teachers i would personally do hohenberg is you had to choose. missmolly is right, hohenberg is incredibly boring but he is a much better teacher, solin spends a lot of time doing demos and making jokes but not enough time teaching imho. if you are a physics whiz it might not matter, but i had a lot of trouble with it and found hohenberg to be a better teacher.
i actually need to take physics, and was wondering whether ot not to take 197 or 117....i am now signed up for trousil, but i'll be taking calc 2 at the same time?
is 197 supposed to be really really tougH? Has anyone here had trousil or 197?