<p>Which is better for 100% self-study Physics C?</p>
<p>If you have any other suggestions for self-studying physics c dont hesistate</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>You probably can't go wrong with Halliday-Resnick-Walker.</p>
<p>Definately get the princeton review book. But for the true learning use any of the textbooks recomemded by CB, or some other ones.</p>
<p>is it true that PR doesnt cover a lot of C topics?</p>
<p>I thought it covered more than enough......</p>
<p>PR doesn't cover enough C for self-study IMHO...I did a three-way comparison with it, Barrons, and the topic outline by the College Board. Barrons had an average of 4 pages on each of the ten topics I randomly selected. PR had an average of about half a page, although there was a large range, from a paragraph, to about 5 pages.</p>
<p>I would take a holiday, personally! lol</p>
<p>I am using Halliday in school next year.</p>
<p>-Halliday for Physics C
-University Physics or College Physics for Physics B</p>
<p>don't use any prep book for Physics to actually learn the material; just use it to review it.
it will likely screw you over if you use a prep book w/o having any prior physics knowledge</p>
<p>HALLIDAY! is the best. i love it. i did well on ap physics just b/c of it.</p>
<p>however, outside help would be useful. i didnt use any prep books... use old ap questions.</p>
<p>Halliday.(10 char)</p>
<p>Has anyone used any of these for self-study? thanks!</p>
<p>What about Tipler vs. Halliday?</p>
<p>Unlike everyone else I strongly suggest University Physics. The problems are extremely difficult, the examples are very thorough, all the great qualities of an awesome textbook. How can you use University Physics for Physics B? The entire textbook is calculus based.</p>
<p>I can't imagine self studying for physics C! I'm taking physics B in school and I'm going crazy.</p>
<p>Anyway, I got the 5 steps book for b and c, and it seems like a good review book just before the test.</p>
<p>i have university physics, its a little intimidating, but it is very thorough as yoshi said ... and the examples are very good</p>
<p>I use both, you can't go wrong with that.
University Physics has excellent problems and slightly obscure discussions. Hal/Res has nice discussions but their problems aren't as great.</p>
<p>You might also want to consider Serway's Physics For Scientists and Engineers -- it simplifies physics a lot (it's a calculus-based book but our school uses it for both Physics B and C) and doesn't bog you down as much with notation. The problems are also quite good.</p>
<p>University Physics is still my all-time favorite, though. Maybe read through Serway, then read through University Physics, and then you'll have a nice strong background.</p>
<p>P.S. my physics teacher likes University Physics better as well.</p>
<p>I would use both to self-study.</p>
<p>Which authors are you talking about when you refer to University Physics?</p>