Covers all the material required for the Cambridge syllabus. Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics covers all the material required for the Cambridge syllabus. The accompanying Student's CD-ROM includes many more questions linked to each chapter, including multiple choice, how to tackle the examinations, and animations, a glossary and summaries. A Teacher's Resource CD-ROM is also available and includes answers to all questions in the Coursebook, together with worksheets describing practical work linked to each chapter in the book.

Table of Contents

1 Kinematics - describing motion; 2 Accelerated motion; 3 Dynamics - explaining motion; 4 Forces as vectors; 5 Work, energy and power; 6 Momentum; 7 Matter; 8 Deforming solids; 9 Electric fields; 10 Electric current; 11 Resistance and resistivity; 12 Voltage, energy and power; 13 DC circuits; 14 Practical circuits; 15 Kirchhoffs laws; 16 Waves; 17 Superposition of waves; 18 Stationary waves; 19 Radioactivity; 20 Motion in a circle; 21 Gravitational fields; 22 Oscillations; 23 Thermal physics; 24 Ideal gases; 25 Electric fields 2; 26 Capacitancel; 27 Magnetic fields; 28 Electromagnetic induction; 29 Charged particles; 30 Quantum physics; 31 Nuclear physics; 32 Direct sensing; 33 Remote sensing; 34 Communicating information. Appendix 1 Practical work in AS physics; Appendix 2 Practical work in A-level physics; Appendix 3 Physical quantities and units Answers to Test-yourself questions; Glossary; Index.