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Cracking the AP: Physics, 1999-2000 Edition

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This book gives nice, brief explanations of all the required topics on the Physics AP while going more in-depth in the example problems. The only downfall, and this may be true with other prep books too, is that the practice problems aren't similar enough to the real AP problems to give you good practice. The practice test is rather discouraging, but most prep books are harder than the real AP. In short, learn from this book, but don't practice too much from it.

The Princeton Review did a great job with this book; it covers everything you need to know and more. It does have one drawback, however. This book focuses on preparing you for the hard questions on the test without spending enough time on the simpler, more conceptual questions (which the AP test does cover). If this book were to be used in conjunction with Barron's AP Physics, you'd have all your bases covered. I used those two books to help me score my "5" in AP Physics B.

This a a nice, large study aid that works as an excellent review but doesn't teach you everything there is about physics, just what you need to know for the exam.