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Get Ready for Physics helps you quickly prepare for your introductory
physics course, either algebra-based or calculus-based. It provides useful tools for
future success in the course.
The booklet gives you tips on recognizing your individual learning styles and
helps your maximize your study time. It helps you review the basic mathematics you will
need for the course, including ratios, proportions, and graphs. It gives you a
bird’s-eye preview of the major concepts and physical models so you start the course
with a broad perspective of the key physical ideas and the knowledge of important terms
that give students most trouble.
The booklet concludes with a strong chapter on solving physics problems,
replete with practice problems and examples, and with insights into answering conceptual
and estimation type questions.
Table of Contents
NOW YOURSELF
Tips on how to study, and organizing study time; moving past memorization
USING MATH
Review of basic algebra, solving linear and quadratic equations, simplifying complex
fractions, right angle trigonometry, logs and exponentials, significant figures and
scientific notation, interpreting graphs
PHYSICS CONCEPTS
Models of physical systems–mechanical, thermal waves, optic, and nuclear
models–with an emphasis on the basic concepts, and the ideas and terms that most often
give students difficulty
SOLVING PROBLEMS
Tips on quantitative and conceptual problem solving with numerous practice problems and
examples
160 pages, Paperback