Sixth Form Wider Reading and Discovery Lists for A Level Subjects
- Physics
Books
 The Universe in a Nutshell – Stephen Hawking
 Cosmos – Carl Sagan
 A brief history of nearly everything – Bill Bryson
 Why does E = mc2 - Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
 The Physics of the Impossible – Michio Kaku
 Surely you’re joking Mr Feynman – Richard Feynman
 The Physics of Star Trek – Lawrence Krauss
 Six Easy Pieces – Richard Feynman
Magazines/Journals
 New Scientist (available in library)
 Physics Review (A-level magazine)
Websites
 http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/physics
 http://www.kerboodle.com/
 http://public.web.cern.ch/public/
 http://www.aqa.org.uk/ (we follow Physics syllabus A)
Things to do
 Lots of practice questions
 Read newspapers/ New scientist to keep up to date
 Visit Museum of the History of Science in Oxford to view Einstein’s blackboard and
see lots of fascinating Physics artefacts
 Go to public lectures and stargazing events at the Physics department in Oxford –
these are free, find out more here
 http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/events
 http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/outreach/public/stargazing-oxford-andtelescope-evenings
Things to watch
 Atom – BBC series
 Horizon – lots of Physics episodes
 The Big Bang Theory
 Contact (film based on Carl Sagan book, old but excellent)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uc9VMxN4M&list=PLZt9bXMy6CcBIHHbdcwv
uJmh9-sFzLB97
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXGY8jyIQI&list=PLZt9bXMy6CcBIHHbdcwvuJ
mh9-sFzLB97&index=4
Things to listen to
 The infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4
Moocs
 https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-numbers
 https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/science-experiments
 https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/cracking-mechanics
 https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/higgs

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/orion
Examiner’s Report
Individual for each paper and available at
 http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-a-level/physics-a-2450/past-papersand-mark-schemes
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