Tuesday 24 June 2014

Starting A Level Physics next year - things to do in the summer

If you are starting A Level Physics in September, there are various ways of keeping yourself thinking during the holidays.

1. You could watch the legendary physicist Richard Feynman giving lectures http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html (Bill Gates of Microsoft has made the films available free)

2. You could download a book for free: Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air has some wonderful Physics in it and it is easy to read. http://www.withouthotair.com/

3. You could watch 10 minute teaching videos from Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics Any of it would be helpful but perhaps this one would be best https://www.khanacademy.org/science/cosmology-and-astronomy/universe-scale-topic/light-fundamental-forces/v/four-fundamental-forces

4. Interesting topics but at a much higher level: http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/leonard_susskind_teaches_you_the_theoretical_minimum.html These are lectures by another cool physicist.

I will post things on this blog that are relevant to the AS Level course. I am also learning to notice things around me and try to explain them in terms of Physics. In other words, I'm learning to think and to ask questions. You should do that too.