Includes index

This book has complete coverage of all the topics on the MCAT: physics, general chemistry, biology, organic chemistry, verbal reasoning, and the essays-- front cover

Understanding the MCAT and this book -- Insights into MCAT science components -- Physics and the MCAT: conceptual premises -- Translational motion -- Forces -- Energy, work, power, and momentum -- Fluids and solids -- Electrostatics -- Capacitors -- Electromagnetism -- Waves, oscillations, and simple harmonic motion -- Light and optics -- Atoms, elements, and the periodic table -- Bonding and molecular formation -- Chemical reactions I: fundamental phenomena -- Chemical reactions II: equilibrium dynamics -- Chemical reactions III: thermodynamics -- Solutions and solubility -- Gases -- Phase changes -- Acid-base chemistry -- Electrochemistry -- Eukaryotic cells -- The genetic material: deoxyribonucleic acid -- Perpetuation of the species; the biology of reproduction -- The developing organism -- Microbiology: bacteria, viruses, and fungi -- Principal biochemical pathways of the cell -- Human physiology I: gas exchange, circulation, digestion, and musculoskeletal function -- Human physiology II: the renal, endocrine, and nervous systems and the sensory organs and skin -- Mechanisms of heredity -- Populations, evolution, and ecology -- Bonding -- Stereochemistry -- Hydrocarbons -- Alkyl halides and alcohols -- Aldehydes and ketones -- Carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid derivatives -- Amines, amino acids, and proteins -- Carbohydrates -- Separation and identification of organic compounds -- Mastering verbal reasoning -- Verbal reasoning distractors -- Systematic identification of correct answers -- Nine practice verbal reasoning passages -- Understanding the MCAT essay -- Six essay exercises

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