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= Welcome new year 12 !=

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1) 30cm clear plastic rule. NOT 15cm! not folding! not flexible! not opaque! 2) calculator - find out how it works!!! 3) compasses & protractor
 * Essential equipment for September**.

Later in the year you will be asked to give a short presentation on a book (related to Physics!) which you have read. There are dozens out there to choose from. Have a look for something suitable over the summer. Take it to the beach with you. Here are some suggestions:
 * Book list**
 * Surely you're joking Mr.Feynman. (Richard Feynman) - [brilliant]
 * The Pleasure of finding things out. (Richard Feynman) - [great]
 * What do you care what other people think? (Richard Feynman) -[great]
 * The character of physical law (Richard Feynman) - [good]
 * QED: The strange theory of light and matter (Richard Feynman) - [deep but readable]
 * Richard Feynman (John Gribbin) - [readable - not as good as above]
 * Genius - Richard Feynman and modern Physics (James Gleick) - [less readable]
 * In search of the Big Bang (John Gribbin) - [very readable]
 * In search of Schrodingers Cat (John Gribbin) - [very readable]
 * Introducing Einstein (Icon books) - [cartoon style]
 * Quantum theory for beginners (Icon books) - [cartoon style]
 * The Quantum Universe (Hey & Walters) - [very informative]
 * The Fabric of the Cosmos (Brian Greene) [quite heavy]
 * The Elegant Universe (Brian Greene) - [very heavy]
 * A cartoon history of time - [one long cartoon!]
 * A brief history of time (Stephen Hawking) - [classic]
 * The Universe in a nutshell (Stephen Hawking) - [simpler version of above]
 * What we believe but cannot prove (John Brockman)

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 * Breaking a glass with RESONANCE.... **
 * If this doesn't blow your mind nothing will.

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