Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Physics

This is an excellent resource for any student who needs to practice school or university level physics problems. A vast amount of material is covered and, although I will probably only attempt a fraction of the 3000 problems, it's reassuring to know that when I am struggling to tackle a physics problem this book should contain a similar problem. I also like the style of the book with the answer to each problem being located just underneath the problem itself - this saves lots of time. SI units are used for the most part. The answers themselves usually include some explanation which is helpful. There are numerous, helpful diagrams. Of the problems I have tackled so far there been any errors. Just a warning about the production quality - the paper is the recycled variety so looks and feels pretty cheap and the font size is quite small.

This book has many exercises in it, with the workings underneath. These questions are of different levels of difficulty. It looks truly amazing. Unfortunately, I barely used it during my physics degree. Personally, whenever I got stuck, I always found it more straight forward to refer to my course books, or to look up tips etc. online than to refer to this book. So, I can confirm this book makes a decent paper weight, or a door stopper too.

Lots of problems relatively well explained however many are quite straight forward and involve not much past putting numbers into an equation however there were some good ones and I belive it's still good to practise the basics.

I bought this for my second year Math's & Physics degree (OU S217) and it's a great revision aide and source of additional questions. Highly Recommended.

good...but late delivery. the book looks good. every problem is discussed and hopefully fulfill my job. this book is very good who will take physics gre

you may not always understand every example and there is perhaps a better way to solve it - but you will always learn a trick or two from 3000 solved problems in physics.

Would really like to get the book that covers this Physics module so that I could cross reference the questions

he pages are very thin almost like tracing paper - this was not unexpected for the price - but the cover is good and protective. It is a good reference for questions to use as a teaching aid and test yourself.

Muy útil. De lo mejor en colecciones de problemas. Otro Schaum imprescindible.

In anticipation of my son taking high school Physics, I went looking for a workbook. In previous years, he'd had some trouble with science and math textbooks which gave too few and not varied enough examples for completing homework. He was often searching on the internet for how to solve a problem. I had three requirements: 1. Huge variety of problems 2. Not just the answers given, but the work shown 3. Not just the work shown, but reasoning given where appropriate Schaum's "3,000 Solved Problems in Physics" answers all three requirements and does more. The solution is shown directly under the problem. The idea is that you put a piece of paper over the solution while you attack the problem. Here's a sample problem from the Chapter on "Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields" to show how the reasoning is given. [Note, I can't figure out how to make superscript on this webpage review. The [-12], [-19] and [-15] are actually superscript -12, etc., with no brackets.] 25.51 An oil drop carries six electronic charges, has a mass of 1.6 x 10[-12]g, and falls with a terminal velocity in air. What magnitude of vertical electric field is required to make the drop move upward with the same speed as it was formerly moving downward? SOLUTION: When the drop falls at its terminal velocity, the air friction force equals -mg. To make it move upward with the same speed, one has to overcome gravity as well as air friction in the downward direction, so it takes a force of 2mg upward. Each electron carries 1.6 x 10[-19]C of negative charge. F = Eq = 2mg E(6 x 1.60 x 10[-19]) = 2(1.6 x 10[-15])(9.8) and one more complicated formula with the ending answer 32.7 kN/C Diagrams and graphs aplenty where needed. There's 39 chapters. Physics covers a lot territory, and though I imagine this book doesn't cover every single word problem you'd ever come across, is still a thorough book. Also, the organization of this workbook is very good. At the beginning of the book is a chart for each chapter. Take the chart for Chapter 5, for example. It lists recommended problems to solve if you just want to make a quick Scan of the chapter. Then follows suggested problems for Homework practice. Homework is divided into a list for Everybody and a list for Calculus-Based Only homework. Lastly, it gives suggested problems lists for self-directed Exams of the chapter. Not only that, you can pick from an Easy Exam, a Hard Exam and a Calculus-Based Problems Only Exam. Each Exam has a suggested time of 60 minutes. If you look at the chart, you'll see that suggested problems are not duplicated among categories. Of course, you don't have to use the charts or recommended lists. As I wrote at the beginning, I'm more interested in a student being able to easily find a problem/solution example for a specific type of problem - and go straight to that problem. And for when the student is studying for the actual A.P. Physics test in May, the charts for Chapters 23-39 also include suggested problems for a Final Exam, meant to take 160-180 minutes. Each chapter has suggested problems for 2 Easy Exams, 2 Hard Exams and 2 Calculus-Based Exams. This is really an excellent book. That said, though, this is not a textbook. It is an adjunct to a textbook or a review vehicle. I just purchased it from this amazon page, and the edition date on the book we received is 2011. Happy Reader

Thank you! All went again very well.

Carinissimo.... Ottima guida per l'insegnamento... Fisica 1 e 2 e cenni di fisica moderna e relatività in un unico testo. Che volere di più?

Very Good book for development of concepts. Good for IITJEE and IITJAM. Not fully exhaustive. You will need other books. But this is worth to have.