<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am sorry to post here but I have a book request and after using the search tool it seemed like the category to post my message. I do not know any more appropriate forum to ask about a book.</p>
<p>I have been studying economics for the last couple of years and I am entering next fall a Software Engineering degree at Rose-Hulman IT. The problem is that I have not had any course in physics or chemistry for the last 5 years or so.</p>
<p>I have recently realized (through a chemistry placement test) that I do not remember anything. I must say that I am pretty terrorized about this. I have Physics I (PH 111) and Physics II (PH 112) on my fall and winter term. I am really frightened right now.</p>
<p>I would like to know if anyone knows any good book (or school manual) that could start with the very basics and give me a good enough level to any other student starting the Physics I course. I have one month left before school starts and I am really willing to catch up.</p>
<p>I hope anyone can advice me a manual or book (and maybe reassure me at the same time). I thank you in advance.</p>
<p>Jack</p>
<p>I found the Princeton Review AP book pretty helpful in reviewing physics. Don't worry if you don't remember much physics- plenty of people probably haven't even taken it.</p>
<p>We had to get this book for my AP Physics C class and I found it to be really helpful in both my physics classes and my mech 1 class once I got to college.</p>
<p>Amazon.com:</a> Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science: Michael Browne: Books</p>
<p>Id just buy the 7th edition of Fundamentals of Physics by halliday resnick walker</p>
<p>Thank you Brown man1987, OhNoItsHeather and Dr.Horse.</p>
<p>I have looked up the books you advised me to read on Amazon. Schaum's Outline of Physics and the 7th edition of Fundamentals of Physics are the ones that I am hesitating with, although many comments on Amazon about Schaum's oultine of Physics say they are many errors in the book.</p>
<p>I guess I'm going to go with the 7th edition of Fundamentals of Physics.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for your help.</p>
<p>I recommend the 7th edition because its cheap and a great book and physics hasn't changed to much since the release of the 7th and 8th edition. Plus its pretty much the defacto standard to physics books for engineering students in today's world. you could go for the 8th edition as if you take physics in maybe 2-3 years from now, your class may use that book.</p>
<p>Last year, in homeschooling my kids, we used the Kinetic Books software for physics, and it was great-- very informative, excellent visuals, the problems were well-done (they lead you through the process). They have several levels of their physics-- we did Conceptual Physics (algebra-based) but they have the one for science and engineering too. I think the software costs about $50.</p>
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<p>I know a ton of schools use Young & Freedman's University Physics. It's in, like, its ten billionth edition, so if you order edition 10 or 11 you should be able to get it for really cheap used.</p>
<p>Jack,</p>
<p>Do not buy anything...you will be fine. Most teachers teach the course as if you have not taken it before. Don't make things more complicated than they need to be.</p>
<p>Here's another resource that is free, an online set of video tutorials from Hippocampus. We've used it for other subjects, and they are pretty good. Maybe just watching a few tutorials will be enough!</p>
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<p>Thanks a lot everyone from all this content. I've got plenty to choose from, thank you!</p>
<p>pbgator1, you are reassuring me. I guess I'll read a book or watch video tutorials just to be less stressed that I currently am, but your comment is comforting.</p>
<p>I must say I'm really interested in the video tutorials and the Kinetic Books (which I can read online) as it is being interactive or I just prefer reading on a screen.</p>
<p>I thank you all for all your wise advices and I'm happy I have plenty to choose from (yet I am not sure which one I will pick).</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone.</p>
<p>I've heard from the head of the Physics dept. at my school that Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science is very good- I plan to get a copy myself.</p>
<p>I'm sorry I just found out a web page on my school's website about the description of Physics I (PH 111) and Physics II. I guess it might add more relevance.</p>
<p>PH 111 Physics I:
Newton's laws of motion, gravitation, Coulomb’s law, Lorentz force law, strong and weak nuclear forces, conservation of energy and momentum, torque and angular momentum, relevant laboratory.</p>
<p>PH 112 Physics II
Oscillations, one-dimensional waves, introduction to quantum mechanics, electric fields and potentials, electric current and resistance, DC circuits, capacitance, relevant laboratory experiments.</p>
<p>I have been watching some of the online video tutorials you advised me Anne/PA. I find them quite entertaining.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.</p>