Product Description

The leading text for Advanced Level Design and Technology

This third edition of Advanced Design & Technology has been revised to match the new AS/A Level specifications from Edexcel, AQA (NEAB) and OCR.

This leading text is also suitable both for the Scottish Higher and Higher Still qualifications in DET, and for the International Baccalaureate (Design and Technology option from Group 4: Experimental Sciences) Fully updated, Advanced Design & Technology not only provides a practical guide to modern designing, but also covers both the scientific principles and the technical information required.

The structure of the course has been re-organised into focus areas to cover the new specifications and to reflect Design and Technology at GCSE. The book is split into four main sections:

• Materials
  
  
• Energy
  
  
• Structures
  
  
• Systems and Control

Features

• New Case Studies put theory into real-life contexts which are relevant to student's experiences. They include material on both industrial and commercial design.
  
  
• The Case Studies section has been expanded and now has sixteen pages in full colour. This section includes samples of A level student projects and has been compiled by Mike Hopkinson, Principal Moderator for OCR Design and Technology.
  
  
• Coursework examples and exam questions cover the new AS/A Level specification. Worked examples show how key concepts are applied to numerical problems,
  
  
• Includes sections on design and its place in society.
  
  
• Covers the requirements of OCR, AQA and Edexcel A Level specifications.
  
  
• Written at a level appropriate for today's AS and A level Design and Technology students, with motivating illustrations and a wide range of photographs and diagrams.
  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #301982 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 864 pages

Customer Reviews

This book is very helpful and tells you everything you need.
This book is very helpful and tells you everything you need to know. It helps you through your A level and AS level by giving you step by step instructions on the way. You can breeze through your A level with this book.

The book is great for AS and A Level
This book is very easy to use and well presented. Everything in the book will become useful at one point. The book is easy to use and has useful pictures that are annotated well. I recommend anybody who is doing design and technology to buy this book. buy this book and you cant go far wrong!

The sacred book of design and engineering
I recommend this book to everyone going for a career in the following fields: Architecture, product design engineering, robotics and mechatronics. It gives you a good background on everything concerned about the above named fields. You would find it easy at Uni level for your studies. I am very comfortable now after having used this book. My advice is GO FOR IT !!!!!!! AND YOU WOULD NOT REGRET AFTERWARDS