PHOCUS ON PHYSICS
Physics Resources
So you’ve worked your way through
the GCSE Physics syllabus and you
know how to answer the tests – now
it’s time to have fun and find some
fascinating Physics for yourself.
Join the Institute of Physics – it is
completely free for 16-19 year old students,
(unless you want paper copies of the monthly
‘Physics World’ magazine). Receive monthly
updates on the latest physics news, and read
in-depth articles about current cutting-edge
physics topics.
https://applications.iop.org/16to19.aspx
BUT IF YOU CAN’T FACE BEING AWAY
FROM YOUR COMPUTER FOR TOO LONG...
Click on the “Random Physics Website” – you
never know what you’ll find.
www.physics.org/explore.asp
Catch these fun physics video blogs
BOOKS
Here are some great titles to settle down with:
History of Nearly Everything
• AbyShort
Bill Bryson
Bang: The Most Important Scientific
• Big
Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to
Know About It by Simon Singh
• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Universe in a Nutshell
• The
by Stephen Hawking
Things That Don’t Make Sense: The Most
• 13Intriguing
Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
by Michael Brooks
you’re joking Mr Feynman by Richard
• Surely
P Feynman and Ralph Leighton.
http://physicsgirl.org/
The “Schools Lecture series” presented by
experts in physics for A level students.
www.iop.org/resources/videos/education/
Why spend your whole life watching physics
videos? Each of these clips is only a minute
long!
www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics
Take part in some citizen science by checking
out projects to take part in at the Zooniverse
www.zooniverse.org/
Or lend your computer to SETI@home the
Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
You can participate by running a free program
that downloads and analyses radio telescope
data.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/
Simulation of high-energy positron acceleration
in an ionized gas, or plasma. Image: W. An/UCLA
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