Physics
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WATCH
READ
All of these can be accessed via the School LRC
LISTEN
‘Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character’ by Ralph Leighton
‘The Physics of Super Heroes’ by James Kakalios
‘Forces of Nature’ by Prof Brian Cox and Andrew
Cohen
‘A Brief History of Time’ by Stephen Hawking
‘The Order of Time’ by Carlo Rovelli
‘Why Does E=mc2?’ by Brian Cox and Jeff
Forshaw
‘The Elegant Universe’ by Brian Greene
Buy a copy of ‘New Scientist’ and read about current research topics
COMPETITIONS
RESEARCH
Apply to a summer school. Type ‘Physics summer schools’ into google and there are lots to apply to.
Choose a topic that interests you. For example ‘General Relativity’ and watch YouTube videos about it.
CREATE
VISITS
Record (e.g. on your phone) and explain a demonstration of a key physics principle. This could be anything from how refraction occurs to why objects fall to Earth.
Attend a Public Lecture about physics at Nottingham University
CERN
Jodrell bank
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition