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New York :
Kaplan Publishing
©2014-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida : - Language
- English
- Item Description
- Earlier issue for 2016 cataloged as a monograph in LC.
Access to online content may be unavailable. - Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Publication Frequency
- Annual
- ISBN
- 9781506294292
- ISSN
- 28360931
21613222
- The Kaplan MCAT Review Team
- Getting Started Checklist
- Preface
- About the MCAT
- How This Book Was Created
- Using This Book
- Studying for the MCAT
- Chapter 1. Kinematics and Dynamics
- 1.1. Units
- 1.2. Vectors and Scalars
- 1.3. Displacement and Velocity
- 1.4. Forces and Acceleration
- 1.5. Newton's Laws
- 1.6. Motion with Constant Acceleration
- 1.7. Mechanical Equilibrium
- Chapter 2. Work and Energy
- 2.1. Energy
- 2.2. Work
- 2.3. Mechanical Advantage
- Chapter 3. Thermodynamics
- 3.1. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
- 3.2. Systems
- 3.3. First Law of Thermodynamics
- 3.4. Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy
- Chapter 4. Fluids
- 4.1. Characteristics of Fluids and Solids
- 4.2. Hydrostatics
- 4.3. Fluid Dynamics
- 4.4. Fluids in Physiology
- Chapter 5. Electrostatics and Magnetism
- 5.1. Charges
- 5.2. Coulomb's Law
- 5.3. Electric Potential Energy
- 5.4. Electric Potential
- 5.5. Special Cases in Electrostatics
- 5.6. Magnetism
- Chapter 6. Circuits
- 6.1. Current
- 6.2. Resistance
- 6.3. Capacitance and Capacitors
- 6.4. Meters
- Chapter 7. Waves and Sound
- 7.1. General Wave Characteristics
- 7.2. Sound
- Chapter 8. Light and Optics
- 8.1. Electromagnetic Spectrum
- 8.2. Geometrical Optics
- 8.3. Diffraction
- 8.4. Polarization
- Chapter 9. Atomic and Nuclear Phenomena
- 9.1. The Photoelectric Effect
- 9.2. Absorption and Emission of Light
- 9.3. Nuclear Binding Energy and Mass Defect
- 9.4. Nuclear Reactions
- Chapter 10. Mathematics
- 10.1. Arithmetic and Significant Figures
- 10.2. Exponents and Logarithms
- 10.3. Trigonometry
- 10.4. Problem-Solving
- Chapter 11. Reasoning About the Design and Execution of Research
- 11.1. The Scientific Method
- 11.2. Basic Science Research
- 11.3. Human Subjects Research
- 11.4. Ethics
- 11.5. Research in the Real World
- Chapter 12. Data-Based and Statistical Reasoning
- 12.1. Measures of Central Tendency
- 12.2. Distributions
- 12.3. Measures of Distribution
- 12.4. Probability
- 12.5. Statistical Testing
- 12.6. Charts, Graphs, and Tables
- 12.7. Applying Data
- Glossary
- Index
- Art Credits