books like kleins orgo for physics?

[Hemorrage]

this forum's suggestion to use david kleins orgo I book saved my ass for orgo 1. That book explains concepts better than any textbook i've read so far. Im taking physics this upcoming semester and was wondering if you guys knew of any books that are similar to kleins orgo, except for physics. Ive seen a ton of crappy study guide books on amazon but im not sure if i can trust the amazon reviews.

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[ShynZ]

i heard that demystified is pretty good

 

[Hemorrage]

i heard that demystified is pretty good

the same guy wrote books for biology, chemistry and some other random crap.. thats why i don't trust those kinds of books. They don't seem to have received the attention that klein gave to his organic books

 

[Hemorrage]

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[Hemorrage]

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[xXIDaShizIXx]

Definitely Physics demystified. 👍

 

[Godric]

Berkeley Review Physics 1, cant go wrong. I bought the physics as a second language, and it was complete crap.

 

[Hemorrage]

Berkeley Review Physics 1, cant go wrong. I bought the physics as a second language, and it was complete crap.

could you please send me a link to this book? i can't find it on amazon..

Definitely Physics demystified. 👍

could you please tell me why you think so? Like i stated above, im a bit skeptical since the author has books on so many other random topics.. how well can he possibly know physics?

 

[kpcrew]

could you please send me a link to this book? i can't find it on amazon..



could you please tell me why you think so? Like i stated above, im a bit skeptical since the author has books on so many other random topics.. how well can he possibly know physics?

maybe he's interested in more than one subject
look at khan academy, there's lectures for tons of different subjects but then again the people that run it have a lot of degrees from top schools

 

[xXIDaShizIXx]

There is more than one author to the Demystified books. The author for physics demystified is actually and engineer. As odd as at it sounds he dumbs it down enough that it will help you at least get a B if not an A. (You still have to do practice problems of course!) 😀

 

[deleted357625]

kleins books helped a little in the beginning but screwed me over by the way they "rank" things such as resonance, electronegativity, etc when determining the strength of a compound because their are exceptions. After that i stopped using it and i did fine without it.

 

[Hemorrage]

There is more than one author to the Demystified books. The author for physics demystified is actually and engineer. As odd as at it sounds he dumbs it down enough that it will help you at least get a B if not an A. (You still have to do practice problems of course!) 😀

got it, i'll go ahead and pick that up 🙂

maybe he's interested in more than one subject
look at khan academy, there's lectures for tons of different subjects but then again the people that run it have a lot of degrees from top schools

i thought khan academy was run by one guy? All the videos have the same voice

kleins books helped a little in the beginning but screwed me over by the way they "rank" things such as resonance, electronegativity, etc when determining the strength of a compound because their are exceptions. After that i stopped using it and i did fine without it.

really? i used it exclusively for orgo 1 and it worked great.. i plan to do the same with orgo 2

 

[To be MD]

I would strongly not recommend: Introductory Physics with Algebra as a Second Language: Mastering Problem-Solving by Stuart E. Loucks.

 

[Hemorrage]

I would strongly not recommend: Introductory Physics with Algebra as a Second Language: Mastering Problem-Solving by Stuart E. Loucks.

whats wrong with it?

 

[idontcaureuknow]

Not a book, but an amazing video lecture series:

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01-physics-i-classical-mechanics-fall-1999/

 

[To be MD]

From my personal experience, it's an extremely broad overview of what I did in Physics and did not help me, and the ability to set up problems wasn't as clear, useful, or quick as what the textbook taught. So, I thought it was a waste of $15.

 

[Isoprop]

kleins books helped a little in the beginning but screwed me over by the way they "rank" things such as resonance, electronegativity, etc when determining the strength of a compound because their are exceptions. After that i stopped using it and i did fine without it.

He explains as other texts that it is a general trend and exceptions exist. The newest editions include spectroscopy which is excellent.

 

[Hemorrage]

He explains as other texts that it is a general trend and exceptions exist. The newest editions include spectroscopy which is excellent.

+1, klein has an uncanny ability to explain difficult concepts with real life examples

 

[DryHopped]

I would strongly not recommend: Introductory Physics with Algebra as a Second Language: Mastering Problem-Solving by Stuart E. Loucks.

I second this, I bought the book thinking it was going to be similar to the Organic Chemistry as a Second Language series (which were great IMO) but it doesn't teach you concepts like the Organic Chemistry books. It is just a bunch of problems with answers. It is really nothing different than the problems you get in regular textbooks.

 

[Hemorrage]

I second this, I bought the book thinking it was going to be similar to the Organic Chemistry as a Second Language series (which were great IMO) but it doesn't teach you concepts like the Organic Chemistry books. It is just a bunch of problems with answers. It is really nothing different than the problems you get in regular textbooks.

i think it really comes down to the author, however, the physics as a second language book can be deceiving because it has pretty good reviews on amazon