What are the best Physics help books?

[Claritynow]

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I have the original textbook I used in undergrad and answer manual along with my EK books and Kaplan books but I am looking for a simplied help book that I can read on my own and be further aquaintef with theories and ideas that I have no seen in years(I took Physics more than 5 years ago). Any help or reccomendations? Thank you

 

[valkener]

The general consensus would be EK/TBR/TPR. These are great materials with a high resale value.

 

[muhali3]

TBR and Nova. TBR for practice. Nova for getting "reacquainted" and understanding things intuitively.

 

[SN2ed]

Biology: 1. EK Bio (for content) + BR Bio (for passages and further topic depth if needed) 2. TPR Hyperlearning, detail oriented 3. Kaplan

Physics: 1. BR 2. Nova 3. TPR Hyperlearning 4. EK/Kaplan

Verbal: 1. EK 101 Verbal 2. TPR Hyperlearning Verbal Workbook 3. BR 4. Kaplan (Avoid if possible)

Organic Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

General Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

Extra Practice Material: 1. TPR Hyperlearing Science Workbook, good source of practice passages 1. AAMC Official Guide to the MCAT Exam (most representative material available) 2. EK 1001 series, helps nail down basics

 

[BossDejan]

Biology: 1. EK Bio (for content) + BR Bio (for passages and further topic depth if needed) 2. TPR Hyperlearning, detail oriented 3. Kaplan

Physics: 1. BR 2. Nova 3. TPR Hyperlearning 4. EK/Kaplan

Verbal: 1. EK 101 Verbal 2. TPR Hyperlearning Verbal Workbook 3. BR 4. Kaplan (Avoid if possible)

Organic Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

General Chemistry: 1. BR, by far 2. TPR Hyperlearning 3. EK/Kaplan

Extra Practice Material: 1. TPR Hyperlearing Science Workbook, good source of practice passages 1. AAMC Official Guide to the MCAT Exam (most representative material available) 2. EK 1001 series, helps nail down basics

first off, thanks for you incredible MCAT study schedule, unlike anything i've seen.
secondly, do you recommend buying both the EK bio and BR bio? are both of those part of your study schedule? same with EK verbal 101 and TPRH verbal workbook, do you recommend getting both of those and are they both part of your schedule?
lastly, i haven't yet taken organic chem in university but i have covered the physics, bios, and general chem and highschool chems, will that be a problem when studying this summer for the organic chem portion of the MCAT?
thank you very much I appreciate it !

 

[thawill]

SN2ed, did you say that TPRH has the same content review as TPR but just more practice passages?
thanks

 

[maybemed2013]

I am in a PR course, the same physics book that they gave me is the same books online and in barnes and noble....

I just that I have the sci wrbk and online material.

 

[MedPR]

The general consensus would be EK/TBR/TPR. These are great materials with a high resale value.

TBR > Nova > TPR > EK = Kaplan

 

[mspeedwagon]

I hate these generally ranking of books. I'd argue it depends where you are starting from. I loved EK 1001 questions for physics (which I'm still working through), b/c they taught me basic Physics. Had I started with BR, I'd have been frustrated by the difficulty (I haven't seen the Nova book... I have the TPR book and refer from it from time to time for a little more coverage vs EK). I generally agree that for most this is likely accurate, but if you have a weak physics background or took it a while ago I'd recommend getting the EK 1001 to teach you the concepts and then the others to get more MCAT like questions.

 

[angemon89]

I have TPR physics and EK 1001 physics in front of me, and I like this combo. I'm understanding physics more than when I took the class. The TPR passages are tricky though.