Advanced Physics for You | 
 enlarge | Authors: Keith Johnson, Simmone Hewett, Sue Holt, John Miller
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 12116
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 074875296X
Dewey Decimal Number: 500
EAN: 9780748752966
ASIN: 074875296X
Publication Date: November 14, 2000
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 Not bad, but don't get carried away... May 20, 2008
Beardy Pete (London)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm surprised at how overwhelmingly positive all the feedback on this book is - it's pretty decent but I've got some reservations.
Firstly, the good bits: it's nicely structured and covers a comprehensive range of topics. It is mainly very read-able and doesn't skimp on the more basic detail. Plus it doesn't shy away from taking a few pages to explain a topic fully and clearly.
My main bugbear with it is the slightly patronising, primary-school tone it has most of the time. The book is littered with pictures of a cartoon character called "Fizz" (as in, fizz-ics... geddit?) doing "hilarious" things to illustrate some of the points. OK, so I'm a mature student and grumpy git, but I'm certain that it would have annoyed me just as much when I was 16.
On a related point, I personally found some of the explanations to be less helpful than they could have been. For instance, the analogy that explains voltage in a circuit as similar to a train going round a track picking up and dropping off coal (complete with cartoon image of choo-choo train) doesn't seem helpful to me at this level. When my lecturer explained it in terms of the potential energy carried / transferred per electron it made more sense, and was more helpful for the concepts we came to later in the course.
A good book, but be warned it might antagonize you in places.
 Brilliant!!! November 21, 2007
Mr. Daniel Carter (London (UK))
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I cannot fault this book in any way, it is very clearly set out and explains everything you need to pass your exams.
I had great use with this manual and it helped me 100%
This is a must for all Physics students.
 Good, but not the best... May 6, 2007
David Cannon
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I didn't buy this book, I got it off a friend.
While much better than 'revision' books such as the ones from CGP and Letts, this book is beaten by "Physics (Collins Advanced Science)" which is the one I ended up ordering.
Simple, Attractive, and still managing to be a good textbook October 19, 2005
Alex Wheatley (Stevenage, England)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have just started AS Physics (AQA B), and already this book has been massively useful. The book actually came from my girlfriend, who had just finished AS Physics, and was not carying it on. I read various bits of it, out of interest, over the summer, and was amazed at how much it prepared me for the course!
As has been mentioned in previous reviews, the diagrams make a nice comprimise between being easy on the eye and understandable, while not being too distracting. There is a slight comic feel to some of the exemples, as the same 'person' (a cartoon character called Fizz) is used for all of the examples. I can't give personal feedback on what it's like to revise from (although my aforementioned girlfriend went from a predicted E to a solid C with this book), but I would definitely advise this book to anyone studying AS/A2 physics! Oh, and the tick-boxes in the back are very useful. They tell you exactly which parts (quoted as pages in the book) are needed for each year of each exam board - you'd be surprised at the differences!!
Very Good! August 17, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
A very good and detailed book for A2 and AS physics. though it is not targeted for my exam board, it is actually far better and more detailed than the official book i have for my OCR course!
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