Product Description

Building on the success of the second edition, this truly accessible textbook comprehensively covers the 2008 AS and A2 specifications for all the main UK exam boards, as well as the IB Diploma Programme and the Cambridge International A-Level. The book also has a companion website which is free to book users and provides extra resources. Written by authors with many years' experience of teaching, examining and writing, this is an ideal resource for class or independent study. The book includes the following features: / How Science Works feature boxes focus on this key element of the new specifications. / Stretch and Challenge boxes challenge more able students, enabling them to achieve the highest grades. / Science in Context boxes encourage students to relate their learning to the world around them. / Summaries at the end of every chapter help students with revision. / Test Yourself questions throughout the text enable students to monitor their own progress in preparation for their exams. / Remember This boxes highlight the key facts.The website provides the following additional resources: / Practice questions (and answers) allow students to test their understanding of the material just covered. / How Science Works assignments allow students to prepare for the How Science Works element of the new AS and A2 Biology exams.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67468 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 592 pages

Review
Reviews of the first edition: "A textbook of this calibre can only stimulate and enhance the education of your students." School Science Review "The authors have created a very significant physics package in this book, successfully covering a vast number of topics." Physics Education "Caters well for the needs of grade A students and provides lots of encouragement for those operating at lower levels." School Science Review

About the Author
David Grace has been teaching Physics and Electronics for 36 years. After 17 years in a London comprehensive, he has been Head of Science at Ysgol Y Preseli in Pembrokeshire since 1988. During that time he has taught Nuffield A level and Advancing Physics and was part of the team that revised the Nuffield course in the early eighties and had a small hand in the A2 section of Advancing Physics. He has taken a particular interest in communications technology, contributing to various education resources. He became a Teacher Fellow in Engineering in 1983 after spending a term working on the first undersea optical fibre system. David has been an A level examiner for OCR for over thirty years as well as working for other boards as an examiner and moderator in GCSE Science and Electronics. He is currently the Teacher Network Co-ordinator for the Institute of Physics covering West Wales. David Lovett was a lecturer in Physics for nearly forty years at Essex University and is now visiting teaching fellow and director of the Physics Centre. He is also an associate lecturer with the Open University. For many years he was an awarder and moderator with the Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board. He is the author of a number of books and has published a wide range of research papers. Ken Dobson taught for Science for 30 years, 26 of them as Head of department. He has also been a member of various panels, committees and advisory groups for science education at a national level, and especially for the Institute of Physics (UK). His positions are too numerous to list but include National Director of Suffolk Science which rapidly became the largest new curriculum development in the UK for GCSE, Reviser for Physics at Ordinary Level for the Northern Joint Examination Board and Chief Examiner with the Oxford and Cambridge Examining Board for Nuffield Advanced Physics, eventually becoming Chairman of Awarders. Ken has also written numerous Physics titles which have had considerable success both in the UK and overseas. In 2000, he was made an Honorary Life Member of the Association for Science Education (UK) for his contributions to science education in East Anglia and nationally. He was then awarded the Bragg Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics in 2005 for important contributions to assessment and the development of original curriculum material in Physics education, nationally and internationally.

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive
When I discovered this book I thought it was merely an expansion on the slimmer Collins As/A2 textbooks with some more I.T. and pictures. Not only did it surpass my expectations, it proved to be a fantastic insight into A-Level Physics. Every topic has its own extensive chapter including the optional modules of medical, astrophysics etc.

The book provides the reader with a good grounding in the principals of classical and quantum physics. Each chapter has extensions, features and most importantly exam questions. Other test your self-questions are available while reading the text. I fully recommend this book to any A-Level student as well as any one who wants to brush up on physics. This book combines easily with the Oxford University Press textbook, Advanced Physics by Steve Adams, Jonathan Allday.

Finally a proper revision guide
I'm currently just finishing my GCSEs. Nevertheless this revision has already been very useful to me. Unlike most other revision guides (GCSE and A-Level alike) the Collins Advanced Science revision guides go into the detail that allows you to truly understand the subject at hand. In other words, your knowledge of the subject is based on understanding and logic, rather than a mishmash of raw facts.

The book maintains clarity and coherence throughout, and the science is backed up with case studies that help with the applied side of the subject. Diagrams and images are all top-notch, and presentational style is consistent from beginning to end.

The book covers the specifications of all the main A-Level exam boards.

Whether you are doing A-Level Physics, studying physics at GCSE and want a more well rounded knowledge, or simply have an interest in the subject, don't hesitate in buying this book. This is by far and away (along with the other Collins Advanced Science revision guides) the best revision guide I have ever owned.

I can't praise this book enough
About 36 months ago I was an electrician with a very limited knowledge of physics. I had obviously covered bits and pieces on electrical circuits but I knew virtually nothing about the other areas like thermodynamics or Newton's laws etc.

I had decided to take a physics degree with a foundation year and was taking an access course in mathematics to get to the foundation year. About 6 months prior to starting the degree I decided to try and learn some physics, so I bought this book.

I started reading it from the begining and quickly realised that I had bought a good book. The information did not require any previous knowledge in physics, it was colourful, easy to follow and had interesting extras and facts. The maths required through the book was not too challenging - I was only part way through my access course at the time and was able to follow the steps - and the calculus that is used tends to be relagated to additional content and not part of the main text. I managed to get to grips with pretty much everything in the book over the 6 month period (I'm not saying it was all easy - I put a lot of time and effort into it) and felt poised to start the foundation year.

During the foundation year I found myself covering most of the topics that I had covered in the book, and so I felt familiar and confident with them. Also, as the book is clear and easy to follow, it was the perfect aid for any difficulty that I encountered. I ended up doing very well on the course and I am now undertaking my first year of the degree.

I still use the book sometimes as it does not over-complicate things as some degree books do. I would stongly advise anybody taking an A-Level in physics to buy this book. I sat my GCSE's 10 years prior to reading this and I had no real trouble understanding the content.

A brilliant book.