AP Physics 1 Essentials: An APlusPhysics Guide

by Dan Fullerton

AP Physics 1 Essentials is an easy-to-read guide to the entire AP Physics 1 course, featuring more than 500 worked-out problems with full solutions and deeper understanding questions. AP Physics 1 Essentials covers all major topics included in the AP Physics 1 course, kinematics, dynamics, momentum, impulse, gravity, uniform circular motion, rotation, work, energy, power, mechanical waves, sound, electrostatics, and circuits. AP Physics 1 Essentials is integrated with the APlusPhysics.com website, which includes online question and answer forums, videos, animations, and supplemental problems to help you master the essential concepts of physics. This book is designed to assist physics students in their high school AP Physics courses both as a guide throughout the course as well as a review book to assist in end-of-course exam preparation. Its focus is on providing the bare bones, essential concepts necessary for success in the course in a straightforward and easy-to-read manner, leaving development of in-depth problem solving and lab work to the classroom, where it is most effective. In short, this is not intended as a substitute for a standard textbook or course, but rather as an invaluable supplementary resource. This first edition does not include the AP-style problem sets, though they are available for free download on the APlusPhysics site. The newer 2nd edition includes many of problems from the problem sets in the appendix.

334 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2013

About the author

Dan Fullerton is a physics teacher at Irondequoit High School in Rochester, NY, an adjunct professor of microelectronic engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, and director of APlusPhysics.com. He lives in Webster, NY, with his beautiful wife, indefatigable daughters, and sleepy dog.

You can follow Fullerton on twitter as @aplusphysics, read his personal blog at danfullerton.com, and his physics blog at http://aplusphysics.com/flux.

Reviews

[Tylee Britton-Havard · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good, but his videos on YouTube (he basically goes through the book) are better.

[Aubrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a physics teacher, I appreciate having the condensed information available for my students.

[orna · Rating 3 out of 5]

it helped with the basics

[Aditi]

guess we're getting desperate
anyway i probably failed the exam

[James Liu · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book and I still failed ap physics