3,000 Solved Problems in Physics (Schaum's Solved Problems Series)

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Summary: A great learning tool
Review: This book is targeted for introductory physics courses. In particular, it will help those students lacking the ability to "play" with mathematics. Much of the "insight" that others speak of is first acquired through countless hours of doing routine problems; after all, a complicated problem that requires insight is usually just a combination of routine problems rolled into one. The people that usually have a beef with this book are the physics and engineering geeks--they think that the problems in this book are dumbed down; and that their brilliant techniques cannot be learned, but are instead acquired at birth, and developed by remaining virgins locked up in their rooms reading Feynman and Dirac.
Anyways, this book is meant to help those who lack the ambition to become unemployed high energy physicists. This book will not only help you survive your first physics course, it well help you perform quite well.

Rating:
Summary: A great learning tool
Review: This book is targeted for introductory physics courses. In particular, it will help those students lacking the ability to "play" with mathematics. Much of the "insight" that others speak of is first acquired through countless hours of doing routine problems; after all, a complicated problem that requires insight is usually just a combination of routine problems rolled into one. The people that usually have a beef with this book are the physics and engineering geeks--they think that the problems in this book are dumbed down; and that their brilliant techniques cannot be learned, but are instead acquired at birth, and developed by remaining virgins locked up in their rooms reading Feynman and Dirac.
Anyways, this book is meant to help those who lack the ambition to become unemployed high energy physicists. This book will not only help you survive your first physics course, it well help you perform quite well.

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Summary: Awesome book for surviving Physics!!!
Review: This remains my favorite book for physics problem solving since I began using it in 1988. From the basics of vector algebra to the principles of modern physics, the student will find a single source for solved problems (both non-calculus and calculus based). The mathematical notation is clean and simple and the solution to each problem is found immediately beneath it (not hidden at the end of the chapter or collected in the back of the book). The diagrams are elegant and clear, as well, with a minimum of "cute" (and usually irrelevant) materials. The student can add this book to their reference library and it serves as one of the best review texts for the standardized tests (such as the GRE and the MCAT).

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Summary: The Zen and Art of Physics Problem Solving
Review: This remains my favorite book for physics problem solving since I began using it in 1988. From the basics of vector algebra to the principles of modern physics, the student will find a single source for solved problems (both non-calculus and calculus based). The mathematical notation is clean and simple and the solution to each problem is found immediately beneath it (not hidden at the end of the chapter or collected in the back of the book). The diagrams are elegant and clear, as well, with a minimum of "cute" (and usually irrelevant) materials. The student can add this book to their reference library and it serves as one of the best review texts for the standardized tests (such as the GRE and the MCAT).

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Summary: The best way to learn a tough subject
Review: Time and again it forced me to recognize when I didn't know an area as well as I had thought I did. I did really well - I wouldn't have done nearly as well if I hadn't taken this book seriously.

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Summary: Awesome book for surviving Physics!!!
Review: When I took College Physics last year I knew from the start I was in big trouble. An "A" student, I was suddenly getting D's! I understood the concepts, but the problems were completely intimidating! This book was just perfect, taking the student from the simpliest problem, to very advanced ones on every single physics topic imaginable. Plus, they give you MANY examples of each type of problem. I had no trouble finding one just like a homework or exam problem, and learned how to do them fairly easily.

This took took me through every area of Physics, despite having NO math backround, and I got an A in the course! Highly recommended!