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Physics for the Ib Diploma

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This book is probably the best resources you can get for IB physics. It is tailored to the IB syllabus and contains nothing more than what you need for the exam. This book is especially useful if your teacher does not teach, or somehow decides not to teach according to the syllabus. Also, it is a must for people who want to do well but are not willing to read through 500 pages of their textbook before the exam. For me, it certainly contributed to my 7 in physics HL, and I know it is probably go to do the same for you.

I liked it because instead of several paragraphs of essay style writing contained in a regular textbook, this book gives a more concise visual approach and uses many diagrams and boxes with text inside to explain concepts. If you are SL or HL Physics, I strongly recomend this book.

This book is the best thing you could buy for the IB Physics test. It has all the information you need for every single topic. And it goes in order. Nothing is left out. The text looks intimidating at first, but once you start reading and highlighting, it becomes so easy. I used this book to study for my IB physics SL test, and I got a 7. Oh yeah, and for one of my options, I studied a topic my teacher never taught in class. I learned it all myself from the book. So that just goes to show how good it is. I higly recommend this book to anyone that wants to score high on this test. I also bought the IB Biology book, and so far it's helping me a great deal just for tests and quizzes.

This book has basically everything that will appear on the physics papers, either standard or higher level. Study it alongst with your textbook(s), solve plenty of physics problems and you will get at least a four over seven. Of course, if you are willing to work harder, I recommend that you get some more A-level physics books, and with those on your bookshelves you will most likely score a seven.

I am an IB Diploma graduate. This book was a significant aid that led to me getting a 7 in IB HL Physics. It has basically all the information you need to know for the exam, although it is generally meant more for review than for actual learning.

A few caveats: a few of the chapters are just not that good - it seems like the author got lazy or something. Particularly the chapter on particle physics was awful. Also sometimes the book does quirky things with nonstandard symbols. Other than that though, a fantastic and useful resource.

I had my IB final exams last week and physics is by far the hardest of them all. This book is very well organized and it tells you what you need to know and what you dont need to know. Not only that but it simplifies the topics so you are able to understand them. This book is the only reason why I passed the Physics Exam.

Ok...let me put this straight...this book is concise...it may not contain everything you learnt...but it does a good job in reviewing the materials for the diploma. It is a good resource if you know the stuff and is just looking for a book to help you revise. I finished my diploma, and got descent good grades by this book, it is concise, and that is what I like...instead of those wordy physics books that can teach you something in less than 1 page...but drags on to 3 with damned terrible confusing english. This is a good book. Buy it. You may even need it if you are studying a course in physics in university.

Having purchased Biology for the IB Diploma (by Andrew Allott) and Chemistry for the IB Diploma (by Geoffrey Neuss) I was very enthusiastic about purchasing Physics for the IB Diploma.

Let me begin by expressing my deepest thanks for the former two books, which I purchased in high school while taking IB Chem and Bio. I cannot stress how incredibly helpful they were for not only studying for regular course tests, but studying for the IB exams! They reduced my study time for the courses immensely, and best of all I hardly had to open the course textbooks (which have so much extraneous information that you do not need to know) and excelled because the book summarizes and simplifies so well. I found that they literally cover everything you might see on the IB tests. Furthermore, they were still indispensable to be during my college introductory courses at the University of Washington.

I also purchased the history one, which I also highly recommend.

Any ways, onto the book at hand. This book is great at summarizing the content that it does include, but since I purchased it for a college introductory physics course, it unfortunately did not include much of the content that I needed. That said, if you are in IB Physics, it will probably cover exactly the content you need.

TL;DR: In summary, great book for IB Physics, not as helpful for an introductory physics course at a university due to limited pertinent content.

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