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Review books

The following books might be useful as additional study guides and/or a source of new problems. We bought them at the UF bookstore, but they can be purchased anywhere (links are provided to the book ordering information). You can look at copies of the books in Prof. Avery's office. Below is a summary of the books. Please let us know if you have any books that you find useful for supplementary reading.

   
Applied Physics Crash Course
(Shaum's Easy Outline series)
Arthur Beisler (2003)
$8.95, 138 pages
ISBN 0-07-139878-3 (McGraw Hill)

Summary: This is a quick and very basic review book, covering Semester I and II physics topics. It might be useful for a refresher of basic topics, but is not very detailed. There are no problems to be solved, though it has some examples.

For some reason, this title doesn't seem to be available from the Schaum's website.

   

Super Review: Physics
Research & Education Association
REA Staff (2006)
$9.95, 537 pages
ISBN 0-87891-087-5

Summary: This is a fairly thorough review book, covering Semester I and II physics topics. There are a lot of worked problems as well as problems that you solve yourself. This book is only slightly more expensive than the Crash Course book, but is much better.
   

Physics for Engineering and Science
(Schaum's Outlines)
Michael Browne (1999)
$16.95, 464 pages
ISBN 0-07-008498-X (McGraw-Hill)

Summary: This is a classic Schaum's Outline book, containing a very thorough review of Semester I and II physics topics (calculus-based). There are many worked problems and problems to be solved. Total of 788 worked problems. This is aimed primarily at PHY2049 students.
   
Applied Physics (4th ed.)
(Schaum's Outlines)
Arthur Beiser (2004)
$16.95, 463 pages
No ISBN identified (McGraw-Hill)
Summary: This is a classic Schaum's Outline book, containing a very thorough review of Semester I and II physics topics (noncalculus-based). There are many worked problems and problems to be solved. Total of 616 worked problems, 696 problems with answers and 470 multiple choice answers. This is aimed at PHY2054 students.