<p>I slacked off in physics last year, so I don't have a very good foundation. I'm having a very difficult time this year with Physics C, probably the hardest course I've ever taken in High School. Anyone know of a book that goes into all the minute details and has tons of hard problems, showing you how to go about them step by step? I don't want anything that just breezes through the main concepts. I really need something challenging and concrete. It doesn't even have to be a book designed for AP.</p>
<p>buuuuummmmmmmpppp</p>
<p>buuump...please...somebody</p>
<p>EVERYBODY uses Halliday and Resnick. It is very formula based though with a TON of problems. Most colleges use it, although, the uber-science schools have different preferences.</p>
<p>Another notable is Serway and faughn</p>
<p>are these school textbooks? I have one, it's Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway and Beichner. However, the problems aren't very challenging, not as hard as the MC and word problems on my quizes.</p>
<p>The university I am taking physics in uses University Physics by Young and Freedman.</p>
<p>I find it easier on the eyes than Serway and Jewett's Physics for Scientists and Engineers.</p>