Starting A-level Physics in Sept 2020…. Consider reading one or more of the following books to inspire you over the summer. Some are Physics based, some are more Engineering orientated.

Suggested summer reading list: Physics and Engineering

• The Feynman Lectures on Physics by (also available to watch) • A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking • Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli • Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall • Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe by Simon Singh • Engineering: A Beginner's Guide by Natasha McCarthy • To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski • What if? by Randell Monroe • Brick by Brick by Ben Still • A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson • The Universe speaks in numbers by Graham Farmelo • Storm in a teacup by Helen Czerski • The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez • Emperor's new mind by Roger Penrose • What do you care what other people think by Richard Feymann • The God effect by Brian Clegg • The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene • Hyperspace by Michio Kaku • The particle at the end of the Universe by Sean Carroll • The Quantum Universe: everything that can happen does happen by Brian Cox, • (anything else…) by Carlo Rovelli • How to teach your dog quantum numbers by Chad Orzel • by Frank Close • The Gecko’s Foot by Peter Forbes • Structures – or why things don’t fall down by JE Gordon • Cats Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of nature and people by Steven Vogel • PHD Comics (phd_comics at Instragram or @PHDcomics on twitter)

Or consider a MOOC: Engage in a spot of independent study on a topic of your choice. Some excellent Physics/Engineering course in the following places:

https://brilliant.org/

https://www.futurelearn.com/subjects/science-engineering-and-maths-courses