Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide, 3rd Edition (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) 3rd Edition

If you want to learn more of the mathematical and equational aspects of Physics, then this book is for you. It's part textbook, part workbook. It has lots of pictures, graphs, visual explanations, and each section has study questions to reinforce what you just read. The only thing that I really really really do not like about this book, is that the answers to the questions are literally right under the questions, so I have to cover them up so I don't accidentally peek. I like to just read the questions, reference the reading material again if I need too, do the math, figure it out, and then see if I am right or wrong and how far off I was if at all. If they would change that, the book would be perfect. Great for individuals that are want more insight to the subject of Physics. If you do not like math, do not get this book. You need basic math skills (high school/pre-algebra) to fully grasp this book and be able to spend time solving the math, not researching how to read the math to solve the math!

basic physics at the very least Just a good way to learn physics to get a good start

You will need to use this book when you have completed Alg I and II and trigonometry. I would also recommend a book that gives the general theory of physics, then use this book to solidify basic physics formulas.

Overall, a fair refresher. Having some knowledge is useful. Not the best for someone with no prior learning.

I bought this book for my granddaughter, who will be in ninth-grade physics next school year. She wasn't exactly excited to see this "gift" because it's still summer break, but I think it will be a strong help to her when things in class aren't always understood. I may even learn something myself.

I self-learn many subjects I'm interested in and this book is off to an incredible start. I just got it today, but I'm so excited to learn everything it offers. The way it is laid out is engaging and covers the topics enough to make it stick(and cover pesky edge cases) while not boring me and holding my attention. I have finished a few of the tests and there's no way I could've done it before this book(without cheating). I will be buying more of these books.

Everyone learns differently and this is new to me completely, never took it in high school or anything. By the 10th page they stop showing their work and just give you the answers(which you should cover up quickly after reading the initial problems). Being able to see their work and the placement of everything allowed me to reverse it to better understand how they came to the final answer. I believe a self teaching guide should stress repetition and consistency, so suddenly not showing the equations was discouraging, especially if you were stuck with no way to quickly reference why or how they came to that answer. Equations are the ultimate explanation , why take those away when someone is trying to follow along and self teach? Huge downfall in my lame opinion, to take away the equations for people to dissect on how to write the equation, and familiarize oneself with physics.

Great book