The MCAT Physics Book [Paperback]

Garrett Biehle (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1889057339 | ISBN-13: 978-1889057330 | Publication Date: June 6, 2005

The most comprehensive, rigorous analysis of MCAT physics available!

Dr. Biehle's classic MCAT Physics Book presents a clear, insightful analysis of MCAT physics. His lively prose and subtle wit make this challenging topic more palatable.

The MCAT Physics Book offers the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of MCAT physics available. Including,

* 49 MCAT-style passages

* 500 MCAT-style practice problems and detailed solutions to all problems.

Illustrations and tables are included wherever necessary to focus and clarify key ideas and concepts.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The most comprehensive, rigorous analysis of MCAT physics available!

Dr. Biehle's classic MCAT Physics Book presents a clear, insightful analysis of MCAT physics. His lively prose and subtle wit make this challenging topic more palatable.

The MCAT Physics Book offers the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of MCAT physics available. Including,

* 49 MCAT-style passages

* 500 MCAT-style practice problems and detailed solutions to all problems.

Illustrations and tables are included wherever necessary to focus and clarify key ideas and concepts. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Dr. Biehle received his Ph.D. from Caltech (California Institute of Technology) in physics. He has fifteen years experience at various levels in science education. The MCAT Physics Book is a result of his experience presenting physics concepts in a classroom setting to students preparing for the MCAT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 444 pages
• Publisher: Nova Press (June 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889057339
• ISBN-13: 978-1889057330
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Education & Reference > Education > Test Guides - Graduate & Professional > MCAT

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me double my MCAT score!, July 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The MCAT Physics Book (Paperback)

By using this book, I doubled my MCAT physcial sciences score from 5 to 10, with a 34S overall. This book is very thorough, but not boring. It is very helpful, even if physics terrfies you. The comfortable writing style helps you get over your fears and allows you to learn a lot. I can't recomend this book highly enough. The text is easy to read and understand, and the questions are the best out there for MCAT physics review. Buy this book early and give yourself time to work through it -- you will end up feeling very comfortable in the physical sciences test. I wish the author would write a similar book for every other MCAT subject, but I guess we can't get everything that we want!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MCAT Physics Book, October 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The MCAT Physics Book (Paperback)

The MCAT Physics Book is a wonderful tool in helping prospective medical students acheive high scores on the Physical Sciences section of the MCAT. This book provides the most comprehensive review of physics avalible in prep books, and it provides numerous examples and MCAT style physics questions with thorough explanations. Even though its MCAT style questions are more difficult than the actual exam, it greatly prepares testakers for the challenges they face on the real exam. In my physics classes, I did not do particularly well in them, and this is the reason why I purchased the MCAT Physics Book. Before I used this book to study for the MCAT, my physical sciences section was a 9; but after preparing myself with this book, my score jumped to a 12 on the MCAT. I highly recomend this book for everyone, especially students that had little physics or did not do well in their physics classes.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Start, January 23, 2001

By 

Tim (a college town) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The MCAT Physics Book (Paperback)

Nova's Physics Book is one of their three book The MCAT series. It is a great starting point for someone who has forgotten a lot of physics or who needs to build up his/her physics confidence. The book presents the more basic physical concepts and finishes each chapter with a quiz. The questions include passages, series of problems, and individual, stand-alone questions. They are similar to, though perhaps easier than, the MCAT.

If you've already got your physics down and want to practice for the MCAT, this book is not for you. If you feel like you're not ready to attack the MCAT practice test yet, this book will help you understand the physics portion.