Physics IA is the first year of the Physics course at the University of Cambridge, which has several distinct aims.

First, it aims to bridge the gap between school and university level physics. Second, it aims to consolidate school physics by providing a much more logical and analytical framework for classical physics, which will be essential for all years of the course.

Third, it includes new themes such as special relativity and quantum physics, which foreshadow key topics to be developed in the subsequent years of the course. Fourth, the individual lecture courses aim to broaden your perspective, so that you can begin to appreciate the great flexibility and generality of the laws of physics and their application, from the most theoretical applications, such as the behaviour of matter close to black holes, to the most practical of everyday problems, such as the damping of oscillating systems.

--- Course Review by Cavendish

Handouts and Past Exam Papers

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Mock for Mock

This is a mock exam paper I made out of previous exam questions. Answer the whole of Section A and at least two questions in Sections B and C. For revision purposes, you should try to solve as many questions in Sections B and C as possible. You may use the approved calculator. Please refer to the table of constants in a past exam paper if necessary.

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Supervision Problem Sheets

Designed by Jiachen Jiang

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Location

The location of supervision is the historical Observatory Building marked by the purple label. You may take the U(niversal) Bus to either Bulstrode Gardens or William Gates Building. Both two bus stops are 5-min walk away from the Observatory Building. The cycle shelter is marked by label C.