I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of this review text in the bargain bin at my university bookstore. While it may not be as visually pleasing as Examkrackers, it is more thorough in both explanations and practice problems. The chapters are divided into small, manageable segments which can accommodate a variety of study schedules. This book could likely stand on its own for most students, without a need for a full-sized textbook for reference. There are hundreds of stand alone practice problems and plenty of passage-based problems as well.

This book is the best. It;s easy to understand and is the best book for Physics. I went from a PS 6 to a PS 12 in my last MCAT, of course i practice a lot!. If you had trouble with this class in college or didn't understand some topics, this is the book for you. Best of luck!

I bought this book to brush up on my Physics for the MCAT which I am taking in about four weeks. I had not taken Physics since high school, and it showed on the diagnostic tests that I had been taking for the Physical Sciences section. The book is a thorough review with an ample amount of questions at the end of each chapter and a good review of each topic for each chapter. I especially liked the little inserts of humor within the problems and the chapters, as they really helped brighten, at least to some extent, what I find to be a hard subject to spend hours on.

There are a few problems with the book however. The cover states that all solutions are covered in thorough "step-by-step" detail, but this isn't always the case and sometimes I was left wondering "Ok what did he do here." Another thing that I disliked about the book was the fact that answers were either extremely easy or extremely challenging, but I guess that is a bit of a nitpick because that is how the MCAT is. Finally, I couldn't help but notice a good amount of errors either in the questions or the answers at the ends of the chapters. Case in point: The answer to Question 5 of Passage 4, Chapter 15 states that (3x10^4)/(5x10^4)=0.8. I stared a while at this answer to see what I had done wrong...and it wasn't the first time it happened.

Overall, I think it will really help my Physical Sciences score out..I'll wait to see when I take another practice test. One note of caution..there is some discrepancy between the information covered in this book and the other review books like Kaplan, particularly some of the equations covered. While Kaplan says to memorize the equation for capacitance (with area and distance)...Nova will just mention it in a problem. So check with the AAMC website to see what you need to know.

Perhaps its because I did well in Physics when I was in college (I'm a post-bacc premed, and I'm doing my own MCAT prep), but my finding so far (I'm on chapter 9) is that while the book provides good review, it doesn't provide many challenging questions. I think it's focusing on getting you to understand the concepts. My practice test scores suggest I should do OK in physical sciences regardless, but if you're looking for a true representation of the harder questions, look elsewhere (or at least take a lot of practice exams). I do like the dude's sense of humor though!

This book gives you practice tests that are MCAT style at the end of sections and thats what makes it the best review book out there. The MCAT is about not only learning the concepts but about PRACTICE. And this book does both really well.. Buy the book, use it, improve your score. Simple!

The thoroughness of the topics covered and the quality of the questions make this book very valuable. I would highly recommend this book. The passage based questions are helpful as well.

I never really had problems with Physics during undergrad, and assumed that I would have no problem with the MCAT. I bought the whole EK series including the 1001 question books. I read them I dont know how many times (I've been studying for months), but by the end I was very worried about my physics. Nothing made sense. After purchasing this book, everything makes sense again. Unlike EK, it offers a lot of very good example problems, and the questions at the end of each chapter really drill the IMPORTANT points, not just random physics questions. They help you memorize the equations, but stressing them in their problems. The problems are not really MCAT format, however, if you are having trouble with physics this book will definitely get you on the right track. The questions are not there to simulate MCAT problems so much as drill the important concepts into your brain. I haven't taken my test yet, I have two weeks to go...but I am feeling good, and I am considering purchasing the NOVA chem and bio books. I liked exam krackers when I first started, but I am beginning to feel they cut to many corners and have a tendency to confuse you by making things too easy. I give this book 5 stars if you need to RELEARN physics....if you are just looking for problems, this is not the book for you.

I have experimented with a lot of the preparation guides for the Physics portion of the MCAT, and I found this book to be an excellent guide. What I liked most about it was how the author has a general discussion of major concepts, and then follows each chapter with a quiz on the topics. I found that the questions, though a little easier than the real MCAT, accurately mirrored the type of reasoning and thinking behind real MCAT questions. Unlike Kaplan and Princeton Review, which overemphasize the need for quantitative calculations, I found that this book rightly emphasized concepts. This book does a fantastic job of allowing the student to get a real idea of what MCAT questions are like, and simulataneously, acts as a great concept reinforcer. I would not use this book alone to prepare for the MCAT, but it certainly does an exceptional job of laying down the concepts.

I have experimented with a lot of the preparation guides for the Physics portion of the MCAT, and I found this book to be an excellent guide. What I liked most about it was how the author has a general discussion of major concepts, and then follows each chapter with a quiz on the topics. I found that the questions, though a little easier than the real MCAT, accurately mirrored the type of reasoning and thinking behind real MCAT questions. Unlike Kaplan and Princeton Review, which overemphasize the need for quantitative calculations, I found that this book rightly emphasized concepts. This book does a fantastic job of allowing the student to get a real idea of what MCAT questions are like, and simulataneously, acts as a great concept reinforcer. I would not use this book alone to prepare for the MCAT, but it certainly does an exceptional job of laying down the concepts.

I appreciate the humor which Biehle brings to the subject- the review he provides is quite thorough. I would have liked to have seen some combination concept passages (e.g. thermodynamics, fluids, and work-energy in one passage) because I feel that is the direction that the MCATs are heading in- but overall I am really satisfied with this purchase.

This book is great for all levels...need a refresher? Need to "re-learn"? This book will do the job!

This book is great for all levels...need a refresher? Need to "re-learn"? This book will do the job!

After having trouble in Physics class, I bought this book. This book is the main reason I did well in that class. What makes the book so useful is that it breaks down every Physics concepts very well and gives practice problems after each chapter. If you having problems in Physics, this is the best book to get.

This is the best book by far in prep for the physics part of the physical sciences. By preparing with this book I got an 11 on the PS section. Its either this book or your huge physics textbook..you choose. It has 16 chapters and at the end of each there is set of 30 or 40 questions. Although I do wish there was more passage based questions here..it is still awesome prep especially if you are terrible at physics..like me! The concepts are explained simply and it makes you wish your physics teacher had explained stuff to you in this way..

This is the best book by far in prep for the physics part of the physical sciences. By preparing with this book I got an 11 on the PS section. Its either this book or your huge physics textbook..you choose. It has 16 chapters and at the end of each there is set of 30 or 40 questions. Although I do wish there was more passage based questions here..it is still awesome prep especially if you are terrible at physics..like me! The concepts are explained simply and it makes you wish your physics teacher had explained stuff to you in this way..

I've been trying to find a copy of this book online, but haven't had much luck. apparently it won't come until august if i get it from amazon, which isn't much help since i need it to study for the august mcat. if anyone has a copy i can buy off of them, please let me know. thanks!!! my email addy is asneha@hotmail.com

Absolute best in MCAT physics prep. It really put the Kaplan book to shame. ~50+ questions / chapter, half of which are near MCAT in style and difficulty. I trully believe that every last conceptual MCAT question is covered in this book. 10-15 page descriptions of each subject followed by several pages means you get it right even if physics is not your expertise. My experience in physics is only based on an accelerated summer course... so I definitely needed the help. The author is very clear and breaks down each subject into obvious/common sense approaches. The writing is very basic and easy to follow, but I definitely took guilty pleasure in the joke passages that were in every chapter. I guess Biehle has to have a sense of humor considering he got a doctorate in physics (the laughter hides the crying, I understand Biehle).

If you read this book from cover to cover and do all the questions, there is no way you can get less than a 85% of the physics questions on your physical sciences.

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.

This is a truely impressive review book - much, much better than the very boring Kaplan materials. I'm amazed that the author put so much effort into creating such an intuitive guide for us pre-meds. I highly recommend this book for anyone needing a review of physics for the MCAT and any undergraduates or high school students taking physics. It really goes beyond expectations for test prep!!!!

I've never taken a physics class in my life, and I smoked the physical sciences section. Everything (physics-related) on the test, except for two of the seventy-seven questions, was covered in this book. If you take the time to read a chapter a week and do the practice problems starting in January, you'll be set for the MCAT in April. Best of luck!

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.

If physics has always been a difficult subject for you, this is the book for you! This book helped me conquer the MCAT physics section. The book provides the most interesting analogies and gives true-to-the-real MCAT examples. Buy the book and get a serious edge over the competition.

This review book is clear and concise. It gives great strategies for how to approach the MCAT. But it's not an overnight cram book.

This book provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the physics you'll need for the MCAT with easy to read and digest chapters (not just formulas - real physics) and 50+ practice problems for each section. The questions don't reflect the MCAT format, but they will drill in the relationships you'll need to know and help you remember the basic formulae for the exam. I'd look at a real MCAT test after starting here.

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!

I have some background in physics, but needed a refresher. This book really worked for me. I wish I had it for my freshman physics course. It clearly covers all the bases. The many sample problems in MCAT format were very helpful, especially the detailed solutions. Some of the problems are really creative and funny. That makes working through them all that easier.

I am no genius in Physics, but I can recognize inconsistencies when I see them. I am not even halfway through this book, and I have already found more than 23 mathematical / formulaic errors / inconsistencies that have me wondering if any editors at all even glanced at the numbers and formulas printed on each page. I give up...back to Kaplan.

Nova put this text out specifically for students studying for the MCAT. The passage format and the overall approach towards MCAT physics are an invaluable help. The large study guides don't go into a tenth of the necessary information in the MCAT physics section. This book covers it all and explains all of the physics problems from the easiest to the most difficult in a much simpler way than my psycho physics professor could. If you have the time to flip through all 400+ pages, I highly recommend it.