<p>What books do you recommend for each? I realize that there is a thread all about this, but anytime I ask anything someone else is right there asking another question. </p>
<p>By what I have seen on amazon, people recommend:
Physics B: 5 Steps (even though it has C, which is not really covered, but I would be getting a separate book for that)</p>
<p>Physics C: AP Advantage
Princeton Review</p>
<p>Suggestions? I am going to have to self-study Physics C because the AP Physics class at my school only covers B, but I'm sure my teacher will help. He is a PhD in nuclear physics.. haha</p>
<p>You seem to have the right ones. The Princeton Review’s Physics B & C is great at covering everything, but I wouldn’t recommend it to be your only source, especially for Physics C. You need to get an actual textbook, particularly one from the Physics for Scientists and Engineers series. It’s best to see the derivations of everyting completely and understand how everything ties together.</p>
<p>for B i would definitely recommend the 5 steps to a 5 over the princeton review one. the 5 steps was a great supplementary source and really was able to simplify what at first glance seemed confusing. i bought the princeton review one first solely based on the belief that everything princeton review publishes must be good, and eventually had to get the 5 steps because the explanations in the princeton review just didn’t really help explain any better than our text book (which is sometimes just not worded very well)</p>
<p>you know what… dont get 5 steps because it is B & C. you will have to keep skipping around stuff and wonder if it important. Just get Princeton review for B and the other PR for C. dont get AP advantage (too much money). Let me warn you that Physics: C is really hard to self-study unless you had already taken physics and received an A in it. Physics: C mechanics seems to be easy, but EM is more challenging. And I don’t know how much your teacher will help you out with an AP he is not even covering.</p>
<p>R-KATT, I took honors physics last year (I got an A). So basically I am just reviewing information for Physics B and adding in C with it. My teacher could easily teach Physics C, but he can’t do that because there will not be enough kids taking the class (because of the calculus added in, it would scare people away). My school doesn’t even allow Calc BC until usually senior year (some special cases take it junior year). Actually, some kids last year were asking my teacher about how to apply the information to calculus and he was EASILY able to do it. He is a PhD in Nuclear Physics, I think he can handle calculus+physics.</p>