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Textbooks

New Higher Physics

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Commonly used by schools, this textbook fits the Higher course perfectly.
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Advanced Physics

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Very good textbook, covers all of the higher course and is also very useful at Advanced Higher.
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Revision Guides

Revision Notes for Higher Physics

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A good book with revision notes for the whole Higher Physics Course.
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Bright Red Revision: Higher Physics

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A popular revision guide covering all three units.
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Question Books

Physics Higher SQA Past Papers

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Well worth buying - no better practice than the real thing.
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Progressive Problems for Higher Physics

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This book fully covers all three Units studied in Scotland's Higher Grade Physics course, providing a systematic array of problems (from the simplest to the most difficult) to lead variously abled pupils to examination success.
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General Interest

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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Probably not a book for the very beginner, but anyone who has read popular accounts of particle physics and relativity should gain a lot from reading this book. In places not an easy read, not for the style (which was generally very easy) but simply for the difficulty of some of the concepts involved. Superstring theory may or may not be the theory of everything but this book will certainly tell you what we think we know so far. Definitely recommended, but don't expect to read it in a weekend. --Simon Goodwin
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The Universe in a Nutshell

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Stephen Hawking's first full length book since the worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time, lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout.
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