<p>Hi, I'm planning to self-study for the AP Physics B test this year along with a couple other students. I'm just wondering if anyone out there who has experience using the book could tell me if is a good book to use? Or, if there are better books out there?</p>
<p>Here's a link to the book on amazon:</p>
<p>Thanks a lot in advance.</p>
<p>I’m taking Physics C next year, and I received that exact textbook to do my summer homework. I would say this book is too much to learn Physics B because it uses calculus to explain a few concepts. Physics B requires no calculus at all. However, I didn’t self-study Physics B, so I wouldn’t know if it would be helpful for sure. In my Physics B class last year, we used Giancoli’s book: </p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Physics: Principles with Applications (5th Edition) (9780136119715): Douglas C. Giancoli: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Principles-Applications-Douglas-Giancoli/dp/0136119719]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Principles-Applications-Douglas-Giancoli/dp/0136119719)</p>
<p>I also used the Princeton Review book, which was very helpful. In my class, we were running short on time, so I had to self-study Fluid Mechanics, some of Magnetism, and Modern Physics. For these topics, I looked at the Physics B video lessons on this website:</p>
<p>[National</a> Repository of Online Courses (NROC)](<a href=“http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nrocdemos.html]National”>http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/nrocdemos.html)</p>
<p>That might also help you and your friends with self-studying the course.</p>