Saturday, February 18, 2012

What is a good college-level physics textbook?

I am taking an AP physics course in the fall and I want to do some recreational studying. If anybody knows a good textbook that concentrates on engineering physics that'd be great :)What is a good college-level physics textbook?
For AP Physics C,

The classic - University Physics by Young and Freedman. A close second is Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday and Resnick. These two books are far and away the best for introductory calculus-based physics.

University Physics I think is slightly better (I have both) because of the much harder solved example problems. Halliday has some very challenging problems, but I think just the depth and sheer number of problems in University Physics gives it the edge. While both books cover the normal physics fare (common type problems - pulleys, discrete electric charges, 1D schrodinger) not only is university physics more thorough (over 1700 pages) it is also the book used at MIT. This graphic also supports my belief that Young and Freedman is the best out there.

http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/physics/鈥?/a>

Older editions (newest is 13th) are much cheaper. Here's the 12th edition of University Physics.

http://www.amazon.com/University-Physics鈥?/a>What is a good college-level physics textbook?
find out which on e is required for the class, and get ready for it, with the book that you'll be using.
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