AP Physics C: With 4 Practice Tests

by Robert A. Pelcovits Ph.D., Joshua Farkas M.D.

Overview

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Barron’s AP Physics C: 2021-2022 includes in-depth content review and online practice. It’s the only book you’ll need to be prepared for exam day.

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Be Confident on Exam Day

• Sharpen your test-taking skills with 4 full-length practice tests—3 in the book and 1 more online
• Strengthen your knowledge with in-depth review covering all  Units on the AP Physics C Exam
• Reinforce your learning with practice questions at the end of each chapter 

Interactive Online Practice

• Continue your practice with 1 full-length practice tests on Barron’s Online Learning Hub
• Simulate the exam experience with a timed test option 
• Deepen your understanding with detailed answer explanations and expert advice
• Gain confidence with automated scoring to check your learning progress

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438012858
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Services
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Series:	Barron's Test Prep
Edition description:	Fifth Edition
Pages:	656
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Robert Pelcovits is a professor of physics at Brown University, where he has taught since 1979. He earned his B.A. and M.S. degrees at the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. at Harvard University. The author of over 80 publications in theoretical condensed matter physics, he has lectured on his research at many universities throughout the world. He has taught a wide range of courses at Brown, from introductory to advanced graduate level. In 1999 he was awarded the Philip J. Bray Award for Teaching Excellence in the Physical Sciences by Brown. In 2008 he was named a Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Brown, and in 2011 the university awarded him the Harriet Sheridan Award for Distinguished Contribution to Teaching and Learning.

Having earned both Sc.B. and M.S. degrees from Brown University and an M.D. degree from Cornell University, Joshua Farkas is currently an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Vermont. He was also a National Merit Scholar, a Goldwater Scholar, and a Faculty Scholar at Brown University, with experience teaching college-level calculus and calculus-based physics. Having scored 5s on AP exams in BC Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics C, as well as 800s in SAT I Math and on SAT II exams in Math IIC, Chemistry, and Physics, he brought a student’s perspective to this book.

About the Publisher
In the 1930s, Manuel H. Barron opened a bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. 

People from the community asked Mr. Barron about books that might be available to help their children study for the New York State Regents exams. After realizing there wasn't anything available, Mr. Barron created his own study guides.

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Table of Contents

Barron's Essential 5 v

Introduction 1

Diagnostic Test 9

1 Background 49

2 One-Dimensional Kinematics 57

3 Two-Dimensional Kinematics 77

4 Newton's Laws 109

5 Work, Energy, and Power 143

6 Linear Momentum and Center of Mass 173

7 Rotation I: Kinematics, Force, Work, and Energy 201

8 Rotation II: Inertia, Equilibrium, and Combined Rotation/Translation 225

9 Simple Harmonic Motion 263

10 Universal Gravitation 287

11 Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields Due to Point Charges 313

12 Calculating Electric Fields and Potentials Due to Continuous Charge Distributions 341

13 Gauss's Law 367

14 Analysis of Circuits Containing Batteries and Resistors 391

15 Capacitors 419

16 RC Circuits 445

17 Magnetic Fields 461

18 Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law 495

19 Inductors 523

20 Maxwell's Equations 551

Practice Test 1 561

Practice Test 2 601

Appendix: Physics C Equations and Constants 641

Index 645