<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I'm about to order one of them now to aid me through preparation of the AP Physics C test. I read reviews of both, and the latter doesn't really sound that good.</p>
<p>If anyone here can give me some insight on these books, I'd be grateful.</p>
<p>I love university physics its perfectly ap level and easy to understand</p>
<p>I read Fundamentals of Physics(Holiday). It's pretty good and lucid.
But for Physics C, you probably need some high-level book.</p>
<p>i have fundamental physics</p>
<p>The Halliday & Resnick book is excellent, and more than covers enough depth for Physics C.</p>
<p>Thank you all!</p>
<p>and Thanks texas, I was waiting for your reply (Saw you recommending it more than once).</p>
<p>But some people (mostly reviewers in Amazon.com) claim that the material by itself does not really help you answer the questions at the end of each chapter, and as such, you should use other books for extra help.</p>
<p>I would love to hear your inputs on that one.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>It was my son who used H&R to self-study (very successfully) both the Physics C exams and the Physics Olympiad exams. Here's what my he says:
"The books teach you all the physics you need to solve the problems at the end of the chapters. What it doesn't do is show you an example of every type of problem that might be at the end of the chapter"</p>
<p>He had a solution book and only did problems for which he had a solution, so he could look up any he couldn't figure out how to do. Nonetheless, he rarely had to refer to it. He raves about the clear explanations and lack of extraneous "fluff". H&R is one (actually two, we have the 2-volume edition) of the very few books he plans to take to MIT with him.</p>
<p>Thank you texas. I am going to order it now.</p>
<p>If you're still at it, what did your son use for Calculus BC Preparation?</p>
<p>I don't remember which textbook he used, but he didn't think much of it. For review books, he used "Calculus the Easy Way" by Barron's and "How to Ace the Rest of Calculus". For 15 years worth of old calculus exams, go to <a href="http://www.moems.org/calcSolo.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.moems.org/calcSolo.htm</a></p>