AP Physics C - Softcover

Pelcovits Ph.D., Robert A.; Farkas M.D., Joshua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438007426 ISBN 13: 9781438007427

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series, 2016

Synopsis

Updated and streamlined to reflect the most recent AP Physics C exam, this new edition presents:

• One diagnostic test and two full-length Physics C practice tests
• All test questions answered and explained.
• A detailed review of all test topics
• Study advice and test-taking tips
• An appendix of Physics C equations

About this title

From the Author

Robert Pelcovits is a professor of physics at Brown University, where he has taught since 1979. He earned his B.A. and M.S. degrees at the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. at Harvard University. The author of over 80 publications in theoretical condensed matter physics, he has lectured on his research at many universities throughout the world. He has taught a wide range of courses at Brown, from introductory to advanced graduate level. In 1999 he was awarded the Philip J. Bray Award for Teaching Excellence in the Physical Sciences by Brown. In 2008 he was named a Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Brown, and in 2011 the university awarded him the Harriet Sheridan Award for Distinguished Contribution to Teaching and Learning.

Having earned both Sc.B. and M.S. degrees from Brown University and an M.D. degree from Cornell University, Joshua Farkas is currently an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Vermont. He was also a National Merit Scholar, a Goldwater Scholar, and a Faculty Scholar at Brown University, with experience teaching college-level calculus and calculus-based physics. Having scored 5s on AP exams in BC Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics C, as well as 800s in SAT I Math and on SAT II exams in Math IIC, Chemistry, and Physics, he brought a student’s perspective to this book.

From the Inside Flap

Table of Contents:
Barron's Essential
Introduction
Diagnostic Test
1 Background
2 One-Dimensional Kinematics
3 Three-Dimensional Kinematics
4 Newton's Laws
5 Work, Energy, and Power
6 Linear Momentum and Center of Mass
7 Rotation I: Kinematics, Force, Work, and Energy
8 Rotation II: Inertia, Equilibrium, and Combined Rotation/Translation
9 Simple Harmonic Motion
10 Universal Gravitation
11 Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields Due to Point Charges
12 Calculating Electric Fields and Voltages Due to Continuous Charge Distributions
13 Gauss's Law
14 Analysis of Circuits Containing Batteries and Resistors
15 Capacitors
16 RC Circuits
17 Magnetic Fields
18 Faraday's and Lenz's Law
19 Inductors
20 Maxwell's Equations
Practice Test 1
Practice Test 2
Appendix: Physics C Equations and Constants
Index

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1438007426
• ISBN 13: 9781438007427
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 656