Physics Revision
GENERAL
Physical constants and important quantities to know
The Scientific Method and the relationship between theory & experiment
Experimental technique and consideration of random and systematic errors
MECHANICS
Linear Mechanics: Kinematics, force, momentum & energy
Materials
Rotational Mechanics
Special Relativity
Gravitational fields, orbits and Kepler's Laws
Cosmology: Distance measurement, radial velocity measurement using
Doppler, cosmological models and the Hubble law
WAVES & OPTICS
Waves & Optics
Simple Harmonic Motion
ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM
Electricity & Circuits
Electric fields
Magnetic fields and Electromagnetism
THERMAL PHYSICS
Thermodynamics I: Specific heat capacity and latent heat
Thermodynamics II: Kinetic theory, Boltzmann statistics, First law of
thermodynamics, heat engines, entropy and the Second law of thermodynamics
QUANTUM & ATOMIC PHYSICS
Radioactivity
Quantum Mechanics I: Black body radiation & Planck Law, Photoelectric effect,
Electron Diffraction & Wave-Particle Duality, Bohr atom & Hydrogen spectra
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Quantum Mechanics II: Schrodinger equation and the wavefunction,
The Uncertainty Principle, Measurement in QM and the EPR paradox
IGCSE (Sam Hart’s notes)
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Electricity
Electricity & Magnetism
Energy Resources & Energy Transfer
Forces & Motion
Hooke’s Law
Light
Momentum
Newton’s Laws
Nuclear Power
Pressure due to liquid column & barometers
Radioactivity
Constant acceleration motion & projectiles
Vectors and vector addition in mechanics
Waves
IGCSE Physics formulae to memorize
Pre-IGCSE
John Cullerne’s notes
