Grievances against Nova Physics

[vicinihil]

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So i hear from most of y'all that NOVA physics did the trick for physics. But its sooooo harddddd. I'm having trouble with fluid dynamics and I read the chapter and started attempting the practice questions. I'll maybe get 1 or 2 right out of like 10 I hope NOVA physics is bloody difficult and im not bloody stupid 😱 because there are no going off in my head....👎thumbdown👎

 

[corbis11]

the only part of nova that confused me was the chapter on sound(12)...everything else was easy to understand

 

[vicinihil]

the only part of nova that confused me was the chapter on sound(12)...everything else was easy to understand

were you successful with the problems at the end of chapter 11 regarding fluids? I feel like they were ooober abstract.

What's your take on NOVA vs 1001EK questions for practice? I heard both so just wondering if there were any updated opinons.

 

[corbis11]

i did OK on the problems, but I think its more important to remember the big ideas from the chapter: flow rate and continuity, bernouli's principle (sp?), density, archimede's principle, etc.

I don't have the 1001EK, but I do have their physics booklet and nova is much better, imo.

 

[LUCPM]

If you're having some difficulty in a particular topic/chapter, feel free to consult your textbook or other review books. I've also noticed that one or two chapters in Nova Physics were not as well written as the rest of the chapters. G'luck.

 

[Waywoe]

Physics is by far my worst subject. I tried EK but it didn't help. Princeton Review was pretty good but I still have a hard time so I got NOVA. I agree that the section on fluids was not helpful but forutnately PR was easier for me to understand. Exactly the opposite with sound and waves. NOVA made it simple enough for me but if I read it in PR, I get confused all over again.