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List Price: £17.50
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Author:
Tim Kirk
By OUP Oxford
 Good revision Book, 2003-10-06
It is a very good book, it contains everything that you need for the syllabus. It is a good study guide, but not as a text book, it doesn't go in very detail, you might not understand what is says by just reading this book, it just gives you the main points.
List Price: £14.99
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Author:
Stephen P. Maran
By John Wiley & Sons
This book is great, 2006-03-27
It's great for budding astronomers, full of detail and easy to read!
List Price: £6.99
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Author:
Peter Coles
By Oxford Paperbacks
An excellent introduction to cosmology, 2005-08-07
Laymen's guides to physics usually resort to metaphors that are seriously misleading. The alternative is a highly mathematical approach that is inaccessible to most readers. Coles manages to simplify without misleading. Actually, some basic knowledge of physics is assumed, at least if you want a full understanding of what is being said, but it is never beyond high school level and most of the book does not require even that.Covering relativity, quantum theory, particle physics and much else, this is a perfect introduction to a vast and profound topic. My only complaint: cosmology is a fast-changing subject. A new edition is needed very soon.
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Author:
Tim Akrill, Chris Millar
By Hodder & Stoughton
an excellent book for practicing questions, 2001-06-12
This book covers all the topics encountered at Alevel in the form of questions which differ in difficulty. All the answers are at the back and if you work through the questions in detail your guaranteed to improve your final grade.
List Price: £40.95
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Author:
David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker
By John Wiley & Sons
Excellent textbook, 2005-10-01
This was the recommended reading for my 1st year undergraduate astrophysics degree. Everything is clearly explained step by step. Equations are clearly highlighted. There are sample problems and solutions throughout, and each chapter ends with a series of questions, all have answers. Each chapter also begins with a real life physics situation, from going over the Niagra Falls in a barrel to Jimi Hendrix's electric guitar, which is quite fun. I defininately wouldn't recommend it for the general reader, as they might get put off by all the maths. But if you want to know the actual workings of the physical world, then this is definitely useful.
List Price: £13.25
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Author:
Mark Ellse, Chris Honeywill
By Nelson Thornes
top buy, 2001-09-12
this book is very helpful and covers all aspects of the module. written by the chief examiners themselves this is a wise purchase.
List Price: £9.99
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Author:
Walter Isaacson
By Pocket Books
Fascinating biography, 2008-05-17
Having just finished the recent biographies of Stanley and the young Stalin, this one had a lot to live up to, and whilst not containing the elements of derring do that those two books had, this is nonetheless a fascinating and enthralling story. Many new facts have recently emerged about Einstein's life and Mr Isaacson has woven them into a story that is easy to get through and grips throughout, which will hopefully encourage those who may not be so keen on science books to give this a chance. It is fair to say that Einstein was a "bit of s lad" at times, and belies his "mad scientist" image - he really should have got a hairdresser to sort his mane out!
I heard the author speaking on NPR radio and was keen to emphasise that this is a personal story more than a scientific tome, and indeed the science contained herein is excellently described without overwhelming the little grey cells. The book also serves as a history of the scientific politics both pre, during and post world war two which is an added bonus to be honest.
If you are at all interested in famous lives, science and or history then this book should appeal to you.
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Author:
Frank Close
By OUP Oxford
Reading about Nothing is actually really interesting, 2007-11-26
Professor Frank Close has managed to engage the non-physicist reader in a topic normally reserved for the intellectual elite. He offers a detailed yet broad analysis of The Void, of nothingness, a topic you would be forgiven for thinking is 'a done deal'.
But far from it, vacuums and the concept of nothingness have been on the minds of many great thinkers throughout time, from the early Greeks to the modern-day super brains at international research centres such as CERN in Switzerland. In a bid to understand our own existence, we may contemplate our opposite: non-existence. The book is not ignorant of the large philosophical questions either.
As the concept of vacuums evolved throughout history Close is there explaining in a real, down-to-earth voice what exactly is going on. The book is illustrated with diagrams throughout, and if like me, you have trouble visualising some of the more difficult concepts, these come in very handy. Having said that, I imagine even an A-Star physics student stands to benefit from this book.
The book is split into nine chapters, with each chapter being further divided logically according to topic. The book enters into the science of atoms, light, the quantum, waves and particles amidst other areas to explain the nature of a vacuum. The Big Bang, Aether, higher dimensions and time are also discussed. Warning: there are very large and small numbers featured in this book, and some concepts will challenge your understanding of your three-dimensional reality.
If you have ever wondered about what is left when you take all the stars, planets and us out of the universe, or that split second after the big bang, then this book hits the money. I recommend this book on the grounds that it covers an interesting topic, whilst introducing other facets of physics, is readable even to the untrained brain and makes you think twice and go 'aha'.
In short: there's Nothing I don't like about it.
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