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| The Kaplan MCAT Review Team |
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| Getting Started Checklist |
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| Preface |
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| About Scientific American |
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| About the MCAT |
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| How This Book Was Created |
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| Using This Book |
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| Studying for the MCAT |
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Chapter 1 Kinematics and Dynamics |
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1.4 Forces and Acceleration |
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Chapter 2 Work and Energy |
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3.3 First Law of Thermodynamics |
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3.4 Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy |
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4.1 Characteristics of Fluids and Solids |
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Chapter 5 Electrostatics and Magnetism |
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5.5 Special Cases in Electrostatics |
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Chapter 7 Waves and Sound |
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Chapter 8 Light and Optics |
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Chapter 9 Atomic and Nuclear Phenomena |
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9.3 Nuclear Binding Energy and Mass Defect |
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10.1 Arithmetic and Significant Figures |
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10.2 Exponents and Logarithms |
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Chapter 11 Reasoning About the Design and Execution of Research |
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11.1 The Scientific Method |
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11.2 Basic Science Research |
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Chapter 12 Data-Based and Statistical Reasoning |
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