bassxx2099

Does anyone know a great AP Physcis C book that I could use to help me study because most of the problems I see are levels above the examples in my book or either that I just don't understand. I've looked into some books but some say Giancoli others say Cutnell and Johnson or Young and Freedmen or whatever his name is.

The book our school uses is Paul a tipler 4th edition.

I'm looking for a book with tough examples so i can see all the curve balls for each problem throughout the chapter plus a good foundation for explaining the concepts. I know for a fact that there are no physics books with solution manuals. Any recommendations that qualify would help.

YanksDolphins

Um, I think University Physics (Serway and Jewett I think) is a good one, and the Halliday, Resnick, and Walker/Krane is pretty much considered the standard.

arwen15

Tipler and Mosca is used by EPGY. If you want to practice with
solved problems try checking out Schaums or REA from the
library which both work out anywhere from 2000-3000 problems
some of which is good.

Also if you want challenging problems check out the pSets on
MITs OCW physics site.....really

freedomfighterxy

Our school uses University Physics, and the teacher recommends looking at the Fundamentals of Physics book as well.

tapedDuck

I also recommend University Physics (by Reese) and Fundamentals of Physics (by Halliday, Resnick, Wallace)

snipez90

I'm taking physics B and halliday resnick seems to help with both B and C (will mostly self study extra C material with materials from teacher)

edictxsubmission

I am currently using Physics for scientists and engineers, Third Edition by Raymond A. Serway.
I find it to be pretty extensive and analytical. Uses a lot of symbols rather than numbers, which is pretty useful. Not a lot of examples, but the ones stated are extensive and sustains concepts that can be implicated into many other problems. I recommend it. Hope this helps.

apathy

Our school uses Fundamentals of Physics, by Halliday, Resnick, and Wallace. I tend not to look at the examples, but it is very heavy on them and goes into great detail, so if you're looking for a textbook with lots of examples of varying difficulty, it will probably help you. We also have Giancoli in the school library as a sort of "second version" of things, in case you don't understand the teacher or the main textbook, as well as for extra problem solving.

jclay2

SERWAY IS CRAP, stay away from that book. The best book by far is Giancoli Physics for scientists and engineers

xtra

I use University Physics by Young and Freedman for reference. In my opinion, it has the most example questions out of any other calculus based book.

tongchen1226

lol. i see some pretty firy opinions up there (*cough #9 cough*).
i used serway/faughn for physics B but used Halliday/Resnick/Walker's Fundamentals of Physics for physics C. i thought the first one was a good introductory textbook while the latter was exhaustive in calculus-based basic college physics. i self-studied for physics C last year. I started in late February after i came back from HMMT and did all the odd problems after the chapters. i finished in mid-april and then barely looked over barrons guide before taking the exams. i got two 5s, so in my opinions, halliday's book is pretty awesome.

xtra

What is HHMT???

tongchen1226

HMMT= Harvard-MIT Math Tournament
An alternative would be Her Majesty's Mutated Troll.