Book Description
275,000 students in noncalculus physics; Required pre-med course; Super-accessible, straightforward help; Student-grabbing graphics and style; Icons for important concepts; 1-2-3 help with problems.
Customer Reviews:
Buy this book as a supplement to your textbook.......2004-07-23
Other than a few typos, this book is awesome. I learn the basic concepts from this book, and then do the problems in my textbook. This book has helped me when my professor couldn't/wouldn't. You cannot learn physics from this book only, but it is an excellent addition to any textbook.
Decent book - many errors.......2000-07-06
This book is a decent book for those being taking a freshman physics course for non-majors. This is a good supplement to a calculus based physics textbook.
typographical errors.......2000-03-08
it's a good book, it helped a great deal. I wish time was taken to correct typographical errors. I lost valuable time that could have been used to study.
Very helpful, recommend.......2000-01-17
this is a very good book except there are some mistakes(but the mistakes are easily found and corrected by yourself). This book gives you how to attack problems in a very organized manner even though the problems are not so difficult. I came to be able to solve more challenging problems in a different book after solving the easy but organized ones in this book. I recommend this book!
This Is The Book If You Need Help with Physics.......2000-01-17
Beginning with the "How To Use This Book" and "How To Excel in Your Physics Course", (especially the latter) and throughout its pages, this is, without a doubt in this readers opinion, the very best book on the subject I have found to date (And I have many). It puts you through the paces. If you want to know this subject and excel in it, these authors have placed before you the practice you will need. I recommend this book highly for your first experiences in this subject. Starting with the mathematical background required; then on to Classical through Special Relativity. It covers each and every topic, in a clear, concise method that enhances learning and improves retention greatly in each and every area. It's a great reference to have on the shelf. EXCELLENT! My thanks to the authors. Your book has helped me much more than I ever expected.
Book Description
This new edition has been updated to reflect the most recent Advanced Placement Physics B exams. It presents a diagnostic test with answer key plus two full-length AP Physics B practice tests modeled on actual exams. All questions are answered and explained. Extensive review material covers all Physics B topics: vectors, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, impacts and linear momentum, torque and angular momentum, oscillatory motion, gravitation, temperature and heat, thermodynamics, electrostatics, electric circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic induction, waves and sound, light, geometrical optics, quantum theory, the atom, the nucleus, and special relativity. Added features include test-taking advice, a glossary, a math review, and physics charts and tables
Customer Reviews:
Not Recommended.......2007-04-08
The practice tests in this book were terrible! In more than one instance, the answers were incorrect according to my textbook and one of the questions had 3 answer choices that were identical! Compared to the AP questions we recieved from my teacher, the ones from the Barron's review book were quite off.
Great Book, as expected.......2006-03-16
bought this book on Amazon, saved a bunch of money, got the book in 3 days. i don't think it gets much better than that. as for the book itself, well, i always trusted barrons for most of my tests, and this is no exception.
It's OK.......2006-01-22
This book is ok. Some of the explanations (like with electricity) are a bit confusing, and some of the information in the book is not even tested on the AP exam (like angular momentum). There are a few errors in the answer choices too, and those threw me off. When I studied it, I had no experience with physics whatsoever, and I crammed for the AP Physics B exam in a month and got a 3. But nonetheless I did learn quite a bit, and the introductory chapters that dealt with testing and learning strategies were nice to read. I also found that, as opposed to the Princeton Review's book, theres more verbal explanation of the concepts, rather than a set of problems, making it seem more like a textbook than just a problem workbook.
So to a certain extent, the cons balance the pros, making it neither good or bad. I suppose this book is good depending on your learning style. If you want explanations, this book does it. If you more practice problems, princeton does that.
Book Description
A comprehensive review of Physics C curriculum topics is followed by a diagnostic test and two Advanced Placement practice exams with answers explained. An introductory section consists of a review of vectors, basic calculus concepts, and strategies for problem solving on the AP exam. Physics C topics reviewed fall under two major headings: Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism. The Mechanics section covers topics that include Newton's laws, linear momentum and collisions, and universal gravitation. The Electricity and Magnetism section covers Gauss's Law, DC circuits with resistors and batteries, magnetic fields, Ampere's Law, and much more. This brand new Barron's title makes ideal preparation of the AP Examination in Physics C.
Customer Reviews:
Tough material - But you want to pass don't you?.......2007-06-23
I bought this book with several others to supplement my daughter's physics class. I also went back and collected the openly available free-response questions and the much more limited multiple choice questions from actual prior tests. By comparison this book is indeed harder than what is needed for the actual test. However, overall this is a great book as it will prepare you for the AP Physics C test.
This book is comprehensive and deals with each topic in detail - therefore there is no problem on this point.
However, I feel that the difficulty of the problems may not make it appropriate for someone studying the topic with less than a few months to go before the AP exam. It may be better in that case to try another guide (see my other reviews - Physics C by Mooney) in order to cover more topics - albeit in less depth. However, if you start early (or have a good grasp of physics already and are in need of excellent and challenging problems) this is the way to go. If you can master this guide, you will get a great score on the exam. Keep in mind, the "trick" to physics problems is to do enough in number and quality to be able to "smell out" what the correct answer should look like and to "see" the common pitfalls and avoid them. Once you do enough, you will realize that there are only so many variations on any one particular topic that can presented in a testing format.
For those of you that start studying early, buy this book and Physics C by Mooney and get to work.
very useful but decieving.......2007-05-31
This book is very useful and helpful for the AP. It gives an in depth explanation of each problem and the relating topic. But when using this book, keep in mind that THE BOOK PROBLEMS ARE MUCH HARDER THAN THE EXAM. I felt that the problems in the book were significantly harder and more time consuming that the AP problems. So if you purchase this book (which I recommend), don't get too worked up over the difficulty, the AP is much easier. Good for practice but bad for self-confidence :) Otherwise, excellent book, can be used in college as well.
THE BEST way to prepare.......2005-10-06
This is an excellent, comprehensive manual. 746 pages of length ensures that every imaginable topic on the AP physics tests (Electricity and Magnetism, and Mechanics) is covered. Excellent organization! The test questions in this book are harder than the actual test, which makes the actual test a breeze. If you go on in physics, this book is a good primer to get you ready for harder classes and harder problems. I used this along with Feynman's lectures for studying.
The only flaw: the numerous typos. I did get a kick out of the one on p62-63 that said to "Integrage" the function. Unfortunately, the errors are with pretty rudimentary stuff, and they could have benefitted from a more comprehensive proofreading. But when you only spend $12 on this wonderful book, the typos can be overlooked, and you see an excellent comprehensive guide overall.
One of the finest book on AP Physics........2005-08-31
It has many problems you can practice with. Most of practice books don't have more than 5 practice tests, so buy several books to study more.
And you definitely have to get this book. It clearly explains the concepts and gives good descriptions for everything.
I strongly recommend this book!
Good practice - Lots of typos.......2005-01-31
How to Prepare for the AP Physics C contains a good deal of very helpful problems that are harder than the problems on the actual exam. The difficulty level of the problems makes the AP exam rather easy in comparison. However, there are typos on nearly every other page. These errors range from the benign grammar and spelling errors to the downright atrocious mathematical errors. You do need to have a pretty good grasp on physics before you use this book so the errors won't confuse you. If you don't feel you have a good grasp on the material, consider buying the Princeton Review's review book, which is for both the Physics C and Physics B.
The book is good overall and especially helpful for the Physics C student considering it is the only review book devoted specifically to the Physics C AP exam.
Book Description
One diagnostic test and three full-length model SAT Subject Tests in Physics reflect recent actual tests in length, subject matter, and degree of difficulty. All questions are answered and explained. An extensive subject review covers mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and all other test topics. Also explained is the methodology used in solving physics problems, a basic math review, additional practice questions with answers, and test-taking tips.
Customer Reviews:
Tough. Too tough for even the writers, it seems.......2007-05-29
I'll put it out now - I ranked top 5% for the NJ science league for physics I . I've had many experiences with questions aimed at really testing your knowledge, and some of these questions do that. But some of them do it too much, to an extent where the question covers information NOT even in the information they cover in their chapter review sections. Worse, there are many glaring errors, both in their review, in their tests/questions, and their reasoning for their questions. Their questions, like i said, aim to test you, but often it only comes off as confusingly worded. Sometimes, the answer they find uses numbers different than initially stated (one question used 125m/s, but the answer worked off 100m/s.).
To be honest, the only thing going for this book is its name - barrons, without a doubt, is tough. But too tough, even for the writers of the book. If physics is not a strong subject for you, then find another book. You will most likely find it easier to follow
Book Description
Updated to reflect recent SAT II Physics tests, this manual presents a diagnostic test and three additional full-length model tests with all questions answered and explained. A detailed subject review covers all SAT II Physics topics and reviews the required math skills. Also featured are additional practice questions with answers.
Customer Reviews:
insightfull comment.......2007-01-10
This is a good book a source of information for what comes in the test. But the actual test is more difficult than the practice tests in the book
are you ready to be a professional physicists?.......2006-11-29
ok, basically i took AS physics (british system) and did pretty bad (D.) I decided to take the SAT 2 physics to show what im really made of to the universities, and this book came along. Essentially this book is difficult to comprehend, its probably useful to study it with a tutor. It has so much detail most of it does not come up in the exam, but knowing more than what is needed is better than knowing less. I got 690 which isnt entirely good i.e 800 but its acceptable. I did this without a tutor so one might succeed with a tutor and this book.
Trivial Information Encyclopedia.......2006-05-27
This book has WAY WAY WAY WAAAAAAAAAY to much trivial information. I took advanced placement physics and I never even heard of half of this stuff. It takes a long time to sift through all of the unimportant stuff, and it is even missing some important information. Do yourself a favor, and don't buy this book.
a decent review book.......2005-05-24
While its practice problems may not exactly represent those on the actual test, they get you acquainted with the format and the types of questions you will likely encounter. My suggestion is to use this book to study for the modern physics portion of the exam, which some regular textbooks don't cover. For mechanics and E&M, use your own resources instead, as the barron's study book cover some trivial and unimportant information that will only serve to confuse you. Certainly don't just rely on this book to study off of.
Definitely not recommended.......2004-11-30
The convoluted explanations and completely inaccurate practice tests make this book pretty near worthless. The two weeks I spent going through it were a waste of time. Now, I'm going to buy the PR book and use that for review.
Customer Reviews:
horrible.......2003-07-30
I used this book along with Princeton Review to prepare for the test two months ago. The Princeton Review one is excellent, and this one is terrible. Though I can't say I got a 5 because of Princeton Review, this one is absolutely ridiculous. It has two chapters on problem solving, which are actually not very useful. The review chapters are extremely confusing, and a lot of the explanations, equations, and even basic concepts, are wrong. There are very few examples. The practice problems after each chapter are way harder than the real test, making them practically useless, and ridiculously many of the solutions are wrong too. Wrong concepts, explanations and solutions are all over the place. It also has a chapter on rotation and a whole 15-page chapter completely devoted to relativity, which aren't even on the B test except for torque, rotational statics, and the mass-energy relationship, which added up don't even need half a chapter. There are also appendices, some of which are totally useless for the AP test, like the infinite series for the sine function. This book is absolutely horrible, so don't get it.
Questions accurate of AP-style, but explanations are bad.......2000-12-03
First of all, the AP exam is majorly difficult so if you haven't put any effort in your class the test is going to be a nightmare.
The Barron's book is strong in it's practice exams. I found the questions to be of the same style and difficulty as on the AP, especially the multiple choice. And for some of the easier chapters (vectors, 1-D motion, waves), the summaries aren't too bad although the information is a little muddled.
But that's all that's really good about this book. The answers for the practice questions are to difficult to explain and a lot of the time just plain-out incorrect. They might explain how to do it mathematically and show the calculations which would be completely incorrect. Or they'd write the incorrect equations. If you're a strong Physics student most of this shouldn't bother you, but there were a few questions where the method they used to solve the problem was entirely incorrect. Also when the book tries to explain the more complicated stuff, the language is just no basic and clear. And they introduce a lot of simplified versions of the common equations, obviously meant to increase speed, but mostly just confused me.
This was the only book I used to prepare for the exam so I don't know how the other prep guides are in comparison. But I wouldn't recommend this book.
Excellent review of the Physics B curriculum........2000-05-25
I find it interesting that the reviewer before me -- who gave the book one star -- wrote the review on 15 May 2000, when the AP exam was not until two days later.
Having used this book almost as my primary source for most of the fourth quarter, I have to say it does an excellent job of what it says it will -- helping a student prepare for the AP Physics B exam. From problem-solving strategies to excellent short summaries of each topic to sample exams to even a review of algebra, the book provides everything needed to succeed on the Physics B exam.
With a teacher who was out with a serious illness for most of the fourth quarter, I knew I'd need extra help if I was going to get through the AP exam. (It's one of six I took, so it's not like I haven't experienced the "fun" of these exams before). I picked up this book and found myself quite happy with it, and its review of dozens of test topics definitely helped me through both my physics class and the AP exam itself. In retrospect, I wouldn't have done as well as I did without this review guide.
Don't buy this book!.......2000-05-16
The biggest complaint that I have with this book is that the answers explained are horrible. They are either useless or only confuse you more. I would highly recommend you to buy the REA(Research & Education Association) Review Book if you can find it. The REA Review book had an answers explained section that is quite helpful, not only telling you why an answer is right, but why each wrong answer is wrong. I have also found the test questions to be much more difficult and confusing in this book than any review book I got and from the actual exam that I just took. I also found many blatant errors in this review book. For example numbers 44 and 60 on exam I have typos in their answer choices. The back of the book is different from the answer choice. There are many others that I found and probably many more that I did not find. I am rather sorry that I wasted my money on this book and urge you not to do so as well.
Great Summaries!.......2000-01-10
Wolf provides me not only all I need on the test material with clear and comprehensive, but also some valuable knowledge associated with it. This book is seven times as light as my text book, but the former is perhaps more valuable.
Customer Reviews:
Good for wrapping up........2001-04-28
The more practice tests the better(by the way there is a nice problem explanation area after each test). If you are looking for a book that helps you from the ground up, forget it. Take another physics course at school. I found this book very useful for checking up on my physics.
Not good for people using SI units but was the best avail........2000-03-28
Although the book and the SAT II: Physics test stress on different things, "How to prepare..." is one very good book. The chapters are well developed and explained. The problems are more computational than they must be. I used that book to prepare myself but my country and many others use SI units. As you know, the Physics test also use SI units. However, I had to face constantly problems and theory concerned with English system.
Book Description
This updated manual presents a diagnostic test and two full-length model AP Physics B exams, with all questions answered and explained. It also presents a review of all test topics, which include vectors; motion; Newton's law of motion, work, and energy; oscillatory motion; fluids; gravitation; temperature and heat; thermodynamics; magnetism; electromagnetic induction; waves and sound; light; geometrical optics; quantum theory; the atom; the nucleus; and much more. Helpful added features include study and test-taking advice, a math review, and a glossary of physics terms.
Book Description
Updated to reflect the most recent Advanced Placement exams, this new edition presents a diagnostic test and two full-length Physics C practice tests with questions answered and explained. Physics C problems, as designed by the Educational Testing Service, are those that require use of calculus for their solutions. In addition to practice exams, this manual presents a detailed review of AP physics topics, which include Newtonian mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and all other related AP test topics. Additional aids for test takers include a general overview of the AP exam, study advice, test-taking tips, and an Appendix of Physics C equations.
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- A good supplement
- This book has all the information needed to pass any test
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This book provides the first time physics student, either at the high school or college level, with the following essentials for success in this most challenging of courses of study - effective problem solving strategies, helpful study techniques and a list of common pitfalls to avoid. This is provided for each of the 15 areas of study treated, from motion to optics.
Customer Reviews:
A good supplement.......2000-02-29
The book "How To Study Physics" is a good supplement to the classroom textbook, and it really makes certain concepts easier to understand. However, the illustrations are a bit crude at times. Otherwise, a well thought out book, and recommended for any AP Physics B student.
This book has all the information needed to pass any test.......1999-03-02
This book teaches you how to solve even the toughest physics problems. Although the material in this book is a little more advanced than the material needed for the Sat 2 or even the regents(if you're from New York),the book is good for studying for the AP physics exam. With in this book Dr. Judah Landa has displayed his extensive physics knowledge. This book is the "bible" of physics. Oh, and I should know, because Dr. Landa is my physics teacher
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