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Hey
Can anyone recommend any good physics textbooks which are at or above A2 physics and will help breach the gap between degree level and also help with interviews and what not? I was looking for a book which doesn't just explain but also has some exercises and questions in it to help improve and keep up my problem solving skills whilst I'm on a gap year.
Thanks a bunch! :biggrin:
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Original post by LilyCat
Hey
Can anyone recommend any good physics textbooks which are at or above A2 physics and will help breach the gap between degree level and also help with interviews and what not? I was looking for a book which doesn't just explain but also has some exercises and questions in it to help improve and keep up my problem solving skills whilst I'm on a gap year.
Thanks a bunch! :biggrin:


1. Vol1 of the Feynman Lectures on Physics (all physicists should read)
2. Feynman's Tips on Physics (worth a read and quite cheap)
3. Schaum's 3000 Solved Problems in Physics (superb set of problems with solutions)
4. Fleisch: A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors (some rave, some don't)
5. Nelkon and Parker: Advanced Level Physics (from the days when A level physics meant rigour and maths)

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