TY - BOOK AU - Arnold,Brian AU - Bloor,Celia TI - Physics T2 - Advanced level study aids SN - 0719576296 (pbk.) U1 - 530.076 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - John Murray KW - A-level examinations KW - Study guides KW - Physics KW - Examinations N1 - Acknowledgements. - AS and A level specification matrix. - Introduction. - 1. Units and orders of magnitude. - 2. Current and charge. - 3. Electromotive force and potential difference. - 4. Resistance. - 5. Circuit behaviour. - 6. Scalars and vectors. - 7. Moments, torques and equilibrium. - 8. Uniform motion. - 9. Newton's laws of motion and momentum. - 10. Work, energy and power. - 11. Basic wave properties. - 12. Refraction and total internal reflection. - 13. Interference between waves. - 14. Diffraction and polarisation. - 15. Standing or stationary waves. - 16. Photoelectric effect and wave-particle duality. - 17. Emission and absorption spectra. - 18. Temperature change. - 19. Latent heat. - 20. Kinetic theory of matter. - 21. Mathematical description of the behaviour of gases. - 22. Thermodynamics. - 23. The nuclear atom and radioactivity. 24. Decay series and rate of radioactive decay. - 25. Fission, fusion and binding energy. - 26. Elasticity . - 27. Motion in a circle. - 28. Periodic motion: simple harmonic motion(shm). - 29. Capacitors. - 30. Charging and discharging a capacitor. - 31. Gravitational fields. - 32. Electric fields. - 33. Comparison of electric and gravitational fields. - 34. Magnetic fields and forces. - 35. Flux and induced emf. - Synoptic questions. - Using information from across the specifications. - Data analysis. - Comprehension passages. - Index ER -