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 Dymystifies Physics without Calculus December 3, 2005
jsr (The Internet)
34 out of 37 found this review helpful
This book uses intermediate to advanced algebra and some (very little) pre - calculus to explain physics. It's great how they break it down so much - they start with the "what is a linear function" lesson, and go over real and complex numbers and graphing in case you forgot. Don't let the thinkness fool you - the first 7 chapters are spent getting you up to speed with the math that they use for the rest of the text. The way they explain the math is SO easy. However, if you are looking for a study guide with CALCULUS based explainations, this is not the book you need. Easy read, worth the money.
Tremendously helpful! September 29, 2005
Charles Tucker (Tennessee)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I am a premedical student in TN and obviously you realize I take very many science courses. As with any course, proper review and study time is necessary to make a good grade (Unless you're really smart.) This book was extremely helpful, especially the review chapters. I would recommend this to book to anyone who needs a little extra help, or even needs just a little review before taking a college level physics class. Highly recommended!
Excellent home-schooling text January 22, 2004
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
My two sons both used this book to help them understand their high school physics. It fills in some of the gaps that other books leave. The approach is unique, especially because the author lets the reader know that study is necessary in order to learn any subject. The text questions are helpful.
Good basic overview January 11, 2004
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Good basic overview of basic physics concepts (and the math behind them). Practice problems are useful as well.
One of the great DeMYSTiFieD series September 12, 2004
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
This book is much more than a catchy title or a glossy cover. I have read the real thing that can get you bogged down in detail and on the other end of the spectrum when trying to describe physics without math only get gobbledygook.
The book is well designed and has a chapter zero for those of us that need a redresser on just enough maths to make the descriptions make sense. However I found some items that they never covered in class. The math problems in class were always sanitized not to always have and answer and not allow you to ask odd questions that the instructor so not prepaid to answer. Not being a math book (they do have Demystified books on math) you get just what you need and forget the rest. In just a few pages you cover years of math but it is so much clearer than the stuff you had before. There is a good section on vectors alone that describe:
Vectors in two dimensions
Vectors in three dimensions
Multiplication by scalar
Commutativity of addition
Commutativity of vector-scalar multiplication
Commutativity of dot product
Negative commutativity of cross product
Associativity of addition
Associativity of vector-scalar multiplication
Dristributivity of scalar multiplication over scalar addition
Dristributivity of scalar multiplication over vector addition
Dristributivity of dot product over vector addition
Dristributivity of dot cross over vector addition
Dot product of cross products
So you can see that just about every base is covered as far as math before starting to demystify physics.
No book can cover everything but this one comes pretty close to describing all the terms and actually showing you how they work.
The book seems to be really heavily waited toward electro magnetism; probably because the author Stan Gibilisco has more books in that field. When you have finished this book you can hold up your end in a physics discussion or Relativity Theory for that matter.
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