Physics has become increasingly important in the world of work, changing our leisure time and the influence of technology. It solves problems, helps diagnose medical conditions, creates new materials, suggests possible solutions to the energy crisis and is the science behind the internet.
Topics covered at A Level include the fundamental theories in physics. You will also gain insight into a range of subject matters, including atomic structure, astrophysics, radioactivity, particle interactions at the quark level, quantum physics, vectors, forces, linear motion and momentum, and material and thermal physics.
Grade 9-6 in GCSE Maths and grade 9-5 in GCSE Physics or grade 9-5 in GCSE Combined Science. Students should also study A Level Maths.
As a discipline, physics is used in many areas of industry including engineering, health and biomedicine, public services, utilities, environmental monitoring, scientific research, astrophysics, education and computing to mention but a few. Physics will develop your problem-solving, research and analytical skills.
When helium is cooled to absolute zero, it turns into a ‘superfluid’. It streams against gravity, crawling up and over the sides of compartments.