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Physics C: Example Textbook List

The list below represents examples of textbooks that meet the curricular requirements of the AP Physics C courses. The list below is not exhaustive and the texts listed should not be regarded as endorsed, authorized, recommended, or approved by the College Board. Not using a book from this list does not mean that a course will not receive authorization. Syllabi submitted as part of the AP Course Audit process will be evaluated holistically, with textbooks considered along with supplementary, supporting resources to confirm that the course as a whole provides students with the content delineated in the curricular requirements of the AP Course Audit. For discussions of the usefulness of these texts and other teaching materials in the AP Physics C classroom, please consult the Teachers' Resources section of AP Central.
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More textbooks than those listed below may be appropriate for the AP Physics C course. However, schools should make every effort to acquire textbooks no older than 15 years old for use in this course.

Chabay, Ruth W., and Bruce A. Sherwood. Electric and Magnetic Interactions. New York: John
       Wiley & Sons.

Chabay, Ruth W., and Bruce A. Sherwood. Matter and Interactions I: Modern Mechanics. New
       York: John Wiley & Sons.

Chabay, Ruth W., and Bruce A. Sherwood. Matter and Interactions II: Electricity and Magnetic
       Interactions
. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Fishbane, Paul M., Stephen Gasiorowicz, and Stephen M. Thornton. Physics for Scientists and
       Engineers
. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Giancoli, Douglas C. Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
       Hall.

Halliday, David, Robert Resnick, and Kenneth Krane. Physics. Vols. 1 & 2. New York: John Wiley
       & Sons.

Halliday, David, Robert Resnick, and Jearl Walker. Fundamentals of Physics. New York: John
       Wiley & Sons.

Hecht, Eugene. Physics: Calculus. New York: Brooks/Cole.

Knight, Randall D. Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern
       Physics
. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Sanny, Jeff, and William Moebs. University Physics. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Serway, Raymond A. Principles of Physics. Fort Worth, TX: Saunders.

Serway, Raymond A., Robert J. Beichner, and John W. Jewett, Jr. Physics for Scientists and
       Engineers
. Vols. 1 & 2. Fort Worth, TX: Saunders.

Serway, Raymond A., and John W. Jewett, Jr. Physics for Scientists and Engineers with
       PhysicsNow and InfoTrac
. New York: Brooks/Cole.

Tipler, Paul A. Physics for Scientists and Engineers. New York: W. H. Freeman.

Wolfson, Richard, and Jay M. Pasachoff. Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Reading, MA:
       Addison Wesley Longman.

Young, Hugh D., and Roger A. Freedman. University Physics. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley
       Longman.

Young, Hugh D., Roger A. Freedman, T.R. Sandin, and A. Lewis Ford. Sears and Semansky's
       University Physics
. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Reese, Ronald Lane. University Physics. Brooks/Cole.


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