<p>Which textbooks are the best? Why?</p>
<p>Campbell’s for Biology.</p>
<p>Calculus - i used Calculus 8th edition by Ron Larson, but I heard Calculus by Steward was better. I learned recently that there’s the new Calculus 9th edition by Ron Larson AP edition. </p>
<p>European - I bought The Western Heritage since 1300 AP edition by Kagan, and many people who bought it says they did well on the AP exam</p>
<p>Biology - the most common ap biology textbook is Biology by Campbell.</p>
<p>Campbell’s for Biology is definitely the best. And I loved Stewart’s Calculus for BC.</p>
<p>i will be taking AP chem next year (as a junior) and our teacher has provided us with Zumdhal 7th edition textbook</p>
<p>I cant compare it to other AP chem books bc i haven’t had previous exposure to them, however, I can asses the Zumdhal----its a little dry but has tons and tons of chapter problems and comes with a handy student guide that reemphasize the strategies used and mentioned in the textbook </p>
<p>hope this helps. sorry if it doesn’t.</p>
<p>^I don’t think the OP is taking AP Chem…</p>
<p>But I agree with what you said about Zumdahl’s.</p>
<p>fairy_dreams…I haven’t taken AP chem yet because i am only a raising junior and our school only offers it only during 11th grade</p>
<p>i thought that was clear in the beginning of my post? :)</p>
<p>It was crystal clear. I’m actually in the same situation as you.</p>
<p>But my point was, the OP wanted advice on Calculus, Biology, and European History. Not Chem.</p>
<p>I actually found Larson’s Calculus textbook better than Stewart’s, but that’s just me</p>
<p>@ Stimulus: Can you explain why?</p>
<p>I should mention that for Calculus, I’m definitely anticipating needing a textbook with very good explanations both of the general concept, as well as exceptions and the more gnarly problems. Math is definitely my worst subject.</p>
<p>@Eagles<em>for</em>life:
Thanks, but I actually took AP Chem as a junior too (and used Zumhdahl too!)</p>
<p>wow i feel completely stupid…sorry for misreading the title</p>
<p>haha. It’s okay. I was confused at first too :]</p>
<p>My school used Campbell’s for bio too. I think my teacher said something like 75% of high schools use that book for the AP Bio test.</p>
<p>I feel that Larson explains the topics really well, and he explains everything in a manner that may seem hard to remember, but then his examples really show you how to solve problems and you’re good to go</p>
<p>Stewart, although good, seems to not elaborate enough</p>
<p>I’ going to go against popular opinion and say the Solomon books are good for AP BIo. For me anyways, Campell’s were a lot harder to understand athan Solomon.</p>
<p>Which book by Larson are you guys referring to?</p>
<p>Is it Calculus w/ Precalculus: A One-Year Course? Because I already finished that book in my school’s precalc/intro to calc class.</p>
<p>I should have been more specific with the title. the book I used was Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 8th edition by Larson. For me, AB is chap 1-7.2, BC includes AB plus three more chapters (8,9, 10). I don’t know what calculus textbook by larson the people are using.</p>
<p>Is that the same textbook as everyone else was referring to?</p>
<p>bump ten char</p>
<p>Modern European History for AP Euro</p>