This primer takes able readers from their penultimate school year to well into the second year quantum mechanics course in physics at Cambridge University. It is not a textbook, but a primer introducing essential ideas, analytical skills and the solving of problems --- much in the style of the Cambridge physics course.

Chapters 1 - 3 expand the lectures given at the Senior Physics Challenge (http://www-spc.phy.cam.ac.uk), a Cambridge Physics development course for schools. Chapters 2 - 5 are also suitable for university courses.

Chapter 1 is available as a free sample. For this and for further details of the Primer, including details also of how to order in bulk, see http://www.cavendish-quantum.org.uk/

Chapter 1 revises essential school mathematics and classical physics used throughout this book and in higher physics generally. It also prepares for university entrance. Readers will find the required calculus and functions familiar, but will be guided to their use in solving physical problems. Such fluency and facility is essential for further study and for the transition to university.

Subsequent chapters explore ideas of confinement and uncertainty energies, atoms, pair production, tunnelling into forbidden regions, the quantum oscillator and the quantisation of strings and oscillations of fields, higher dimensions, particles in nano-structures, and quantum dynamics. Readers solve such problems in their full mathematical depth. Some problems are solved as examples, others have hints only.

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HOW TO SOLVE PHYSICS PROBLEMS is a practical guide to using your pre-university physics knowledge to create solutions for unfamiliar situations.

Combining hand-written answers with commentary, it illustrates the problem-solving processes involved, as well as highlighting the importance of good diagrams and clear, logical working. It also demonstrates how different methods can be used to arrive at the same solution, and how common mathematical tricks can be used across different areas of physics.

The problem-solving skills illustrated in this book will help you to solve physics problems on Isaac Physics and beyond, as well as problems in other spheres of life.

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This book has been written by members of the Isaac Physics Project working as a team. Together they bring considerable academic and educational experience to this book through their work in a variety of capacities in schools, colleges and at university.

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The Isaac Chemistry collection of problems, "Mastering Physical Chemistry", provides essential consolidation and revision of the fundamentals of AS and A2 level physical chemistry. Questions can be answered on isaacchemistry.org The site marks questions and the results are assembled for the student (and teacher, if required). A mapping of each problem set onto the relevant part of all major exam specifications is also provided. A pdf of the introduction, contents pages, exam mapping, and first two chapters is available free at isaacbooks.org

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The Isaac Physics collection of 70 skill sheets of problems, "Mastering Physics", provides essential consolidation and revision of the fundamentals of AS and A2 level physics. Questions can be answered on isaacphysics.org The site marks questions and the results are assembled for the student (and teacher, if required). The second edition has 3 more skills sheets and also "Developing problem solving skills" - an introduction to isaacphysics problem solving.

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The Isaac Physics GCSE collection of 62 sheets of problems, "Mastering GCSE Physics", provides essential consolidation and revision of the fundamentals of GCSE level physics. Written by A.C. Machacek & K.O. Dalby, with extra questions by R. Meikle, each section also has explanatory material. An on-line specification map makes the correspondence with all major exam boards. Questions can be answered on isaacphysics.org – questions are marked and results assembled for the student (and teacher, if required).

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The Isaac Maths book, "Pre-University Mathematics for Sciences", has six chapters covering the 6 levels of Maths problems from Isaac where they can be answered on-line at isaacmaths.org – questions are marked and results assembled for the student (and teacher, if required). The material provides essential training in the mathematics needed for A-level Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry, and extends to the first year at university in these subjects plus Engineering. Chapter 7 gives additional material with applications to sciences, some of which comes from the Isaac Physics extension problems collection.

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STEP UP TO GCSE PHYSICS will equip you with the mathematical skills and conceptual understanding you need to prepare for your GCSE studies in physics. You will take the science ideas you have already met to a deeper level and be given an introduction to new concepts essential for GCSE. You will find questions which enable you to master the essential principles and also challenges to develop your problem-solving capability. Notes and examples are given to assist you, and there is an extensive bank of questions to consolidate whole topics, starting with calculation practice using each equation.

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You can use Using Essential GCSE Mathematics book to practise your GCSE maths for Foundation and Higher levels. The book is intended to be especially useful to help develop your maths skills for other subjects, and you will also find it a good resource if you are beginning A levels in subjects that use maths. Each new topic begins with a note of what you need to know, and at least one example of using the principles. The questions which follow begin with straightforward applications and then become more complicated as you go through the exercise. Most of all, the book will allow you to be an independent learner, so don’t be put off if something is new for you: read the notes and try the questions!

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