General Physics
The books EDUFY tutors use for General Physics, why they chose them, free resources and the tutors who teach it.
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About this subject
Physics tries to explain the whole world with a small number of ideas: motion and forces, energy, waves, electricity, light and the structure of matter. That economy is beautiful, but it also means that one misunderstood idea, such as the difference between force and energy, can make a whole chapter feel impossible. Physics also asks you to use maths to describe real situations, which is a skill of its own that many students never practise enough. Once the core ideas click, though, many topics turn out to be the same few principles applied in new ways.
The books here explain the big ideas of physics in plain language, from everyday mechanics to relativity and the quantum world, and show how physicists came to them. They build curiosity and intuition, which makes the equations in your textbook easier to trust. A tutor can work through problems with you step by step, show you how to choose the right principle for a question and help you set out solutions the way examiners expect.
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OpenStax Rice University
Peer-reviewed textbooks for college and upper secondary school, free to read online or download as PDF.
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LibreTexts LibreTexts
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MIT OpenCourseWare Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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