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  • ISBN: 1479274631
  • Category: Test Preparation
  • Author: Adam Anderson,Yoni Kahn
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 18, 2012)
  • Pages: 456 pages
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  • Rating: 4.9
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Adam Anderson is an experimental physicist working at the interface between cosmology and particle physics

Adam Anderson is an experimental physicist working at the interface between cosmology and particle physics. As a Lederman postdoctoral fellow at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, he currently develops and builds new instruments for the South Pole Telescope and uses them to perform precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background.

Adam Anderson Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois. org Information on this title: ww. ambridge. org/9781108409568 DOI: 1. 017/9781108296977 c Yoni Kahn and Adam Anderson 2018 .

by Yoni Kahn (Author), Adam Anderson (Author). I would also recommend this book not just for the GRE, but as a general study guide for undergraduate physics courses. I have used Conquering the Physics GRE as a resource for our annual 'Southern California Physics GRE Bootcamp' program for the past few years. Adam Burgasser, University of California, San Diego.

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Adam Anderson is an experimental physicist working at the interface between cosmology and particle physics. 1. Yoni Kahn. Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 18, 2012) (2012). ISBN 10: 1479274631 ISBN 13: 9781479274635.

REVISED SECOND EDITION, PRINTING 1.2: We thank the many readers who have submitted errata. All known errors and typos have been fixed in this printing. A list of errata for previous printings is available at www.physicsgreprep.com. This revised and edited second edition extends the discussions in the subject area reviews, contains several new diagrams and problems, and features updated sample exams whose questions more accurately reflect the content of the current GRE. Thousands of students take the GRE subject test in physics each year, yet surprisingly few published resources exist to help students prepare for the content and structure of this important exam. This book, written by two working physicists and former MIT graduate students intimately familiar with the content of the exam, is a comprehensive review of all topics covered on the Physics GRE. Conquering the Physics GRE includes three full-length practice tests with worked solutions, content reviews of all the major subject areas with over 150 additional problems, and a full chapter on special test-taking tips specific to the Physics GRE.
Reviews about Conquering the Physics GRE (7):
Dream
The work of the authors is commendable. However, the questions asked and sample exams are nothing like the actual physics GRE. This could be used as a supplemental text. However, I would recommend ignoring it all together and using the plethora of online forums for the PGRE. Also, Schaum's 3000 solved problems is excellent for fine tuning your problem solving skills, and a lot of the problems can easily be converted to a PGRE type questions simply by solving the problems symbolically.
Cemav
Before using this book I got like a 590 on the practice test for the PGRE. This book helped me get a 990 on the actual PGRE (2014).

I used a lot of materials to study, but this one was by far the most important. It offers useful explanations of ideas, but it is the most valuable as a guide to the test: it tells you not only what topics are important to know, but what types of questions they commonly ask in each topic. It also told me to read the first chapter of "Introduction to Elementary Particles" by Griffiths, which lead to me getting 3 questions right on the real PGRE that I otherwise would not have. It also provides 3 practice tests which are very valuable. I found them to be harder than the college board-provided practice tests, but they really helped nail tougher concepts and with timing.
Wrathshaper
I went through about 25% of the book and noticed a lot of errors and typos. This caused me to waste time. Some of the problems are just solved incorrectly. Typos are really frustrating. I use another book that has helped and I discontinued with this one.
Magis
Hard work but needs to be more organized .
Brightfury
This book is quite thorough, and somewhat enjoyable to read (the book reads like a Griffiths textbook). It provided some structure to my studying; in the few weeks leading up to the test, I read through the book and did all the practice questions. The questions in the book are pretty challenging, which isn't a bad thing for studying, but don't freak out if you score poorly on the practice tests in this book. The tests from ETS are more accurate representations of the actual test. Also, my percentile score increased by almost 30 from the first pGRE I took after studying with this book (granted my first score was fairly low lol).
Aria
The Physics GRE is the only standardized test I've ever gotten something out of studying for. Working through this book helped me solidify a lot of knowledge from my lower-division physics courses, and I feel like I'm a better physicist for it. All of my friends who went to physics grad school used this book too, and I'm happy to say we're all well on our way into our PhDs. See if you can find it elsewhere for cheaper though. At the time of wiriting this review, it's pushing $70, but it was $50 when I bought it in 2015. Would I shell out $70 for it? Sure. It's worth it. But I wouldn't be happy about it.
Amhirishes
Very good review of all relevant concepts on the physics GRE. The authors focus only on what needs to be known for the test and skip a lot of derivations, but often direct readers to resources where the derivations can be found. Also covers tips and tricks that I found useful - limiting cases in particular allowed me to answer 5 problems on the real test that I wouldn't have been able to previously. The chapter on statistical mechanics is particularly good and well organized - that's a tough subject to cover but they strip away all of the unnecessary information to make studying more clear.

Suggestions:
- The mechanics subsection on normal modes of oscillation was unclear, and I think the discussion of the oscillation matrices could be left out entirely. This is difficult to explain without detailed math and unless the full derivation has been on a recent test I think this section can be shortened a lot.
- I found the practice tests different from the ETS released tests and the real GRE, so they weren't much use in simulating a full testing experience.
- More problems overall at the end of each chapter. I would rather have 20-30 more worked/explained problems for each section than 3 practice tests at the end.
This book has many mistakes and irrelevant questions that are not similar to those that are asked on the GRE physics. Don't buy it - find another book

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