Good physics book about motion

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<p>Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you guys knew of any good physics book that describe motion involeing accelration, force and etc. I'm a senior in highschool going into engineering and even though I'm currently in calculus I still haven't been able to take physics because my school doesn't offer it. So I'm trying to find a good physics book about motion and maybe something that helps with converting measurments with motion and everything. If anybody knows any good books please tell me. Thanks guys.</p>

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<p>GIANCOLI is a good one with lots of examples and step by step problem solving directions.
I recommend it.</p>

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<p>Physics of Everyday Phenomena, a conceptual introduction to physics.</p>

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<p>I thought the book Whiphi just cited sucked, and I know because we used it throughout the year when I took Physics B. As far as I can remember, it’s not calculus based. You’ll want something that involves calculus. I recommend Physics For Scientists & Engineers by Randall Knight (GaTech uses this book), though this goes through everything from Newton’s laws to nuclear physics and relativity.</p>

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<p>Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Krane.</p>

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<p>Sorry I didn’t state this clearly :(. I mean like non college book. Something where the max price is like 40 dollars or something. Just somethinjg that I can understand motion and converting measurements with. Any ideas?</p>

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<p>I doubt you’ll find anything good, motion and measurement conversions just aren’t popular enough for people to write popular books about em.</p>

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<p>This site has a free algebra-based physics book as well as a free calculus-based book.</p>

<p>[Light</a> and Matter: open-source physics textbooks](<a href=“http://www.lightandmatter.com/]Light”>http://www.lightandmatter.com/)</p>

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<p>Look for an edition or two old of any normal physics textbook.</p>

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<p>Calc-based physics is a very demanding course. I doubt that you will be able to learn as much as you want to simply by reading the book. As mentioned above, Physics for Scientists and Engineers is the textbook you want. Definitely not anything that is conceptual.</p>