Product Description

The book that spawned a sensation with both students and professionals throughout the world, A.C. Fischer-Cripps' The Physics Companion is a revision aid and study guide for undergraduates in physics. It covers the core topics, deriving key concepts and equations in clear one-page figure-rich descriptions. Each subsection contains a summary of the main equations, together with a set of worked examples. The topics covered include thermal physics, electricity and magnetism, waves and optics, mechanics, states of matter, and quantum physics. Intended as supporting material for other texts, the book will be an essential resource for undergraduate students throughout the course of their degree.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #470537 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

From the Back Cover
The Physics Companion is a revision aid and study guide for undergraduates in physics. It covers the core topics, deriving key concepts and equations in clear one-page figure-rich descriptions. Each subsection contains a summary of the main equations, together with a set of worked examples. The topics covered include:

Customer Reviews

A well layed out study aid for undergraduates
You get all these texts that cover each topic in great detail for university, but its hard to find a decent text that will provide all that information at a glance. The Physics companion does this.

Its well layed out, and easy to access, and easy to use. I know it will be of great use through-out my university time, if it is too look up a formula or definition, or just to get a different view point before exams.

good summary - and only that
I found the book to be a good summary, however I am unsure at which level. For an undergraduate study aid I found the level too low, for pre-university only right for a very good student.
Overall I would recommend it to people who are well past their physics degree, and completely forgotten some aspects of physics (having specialised in others or having moved out of the field), but after some minimal prompting will remember the drift again.