Please recommend physics REVIEW book

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A user seeks recommendations for a physics textbook that emphasizes understanding concepts rather than just formulas and problem-solving. They express frustration with their current book's lack of clarity on fundamental ideas. Another participant suggests "Young - University Physics" as a suitable option for a general overview of physics that balances information without being overly detailed. The focus is on finding resources that enhance conceptual understanding before tackling practical applications. This highlights the need for textbooks that bridge the gap between theory and practice in physics education.
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Hi guys, can someone recommend a good physics textbook/review book? I am very iffy on some of the physical concepts. I don't need a review book that will tell me the formula and give me a problem to plug it in with.

I need to understand the concepts first before practicing. My physics book just takes too many conceptual leaps. Thx
 
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For a general overview of all that is physics (not too detailed, but lots of information nonetheless) I reccommend: Young - University Physics.
 
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I am looking at pressure in liquids and I am testing my idea. The vertical tube is 100m, the contraption is filled with water. The vertical tube is very thin(maybe 1mm^2 cross section). The area of the base is ~100m^2. Will he top half be launched in the air if suddenly it cracked?- assuming its light enough. I want to test my idea that if I had a thin long ruber tube that I lifted up, then the pressure at "red lines" will be high and that the $force = pressure * area$ would be massive...
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I feel it should be solvable we just need to find a perfect pattern, and there will be a general pattern since the forces acting are based on a single function, so..... you can't actually say it is unsolvable right? Cause imaging 3 bodies actually existed somwhere in this universe then nature isn't gonna wait till we predict it! And yea I have checked in many places that tiny changes cause large changes so it becomes chaos........ but still I just can't accept that it is impossible to solve...
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