Physics.
David Varnham
Next year, all going well, I should be studying A-Level Physics, don't know
which board yet. The question I need to ask is how important is A-Level
Maths when doing Physics. I'm not doing maths, I'll me doing Physics,
Computing, English and Music. Is the kind of maths in physics reliant on
A-Level Maths?
I'm good at maths(at GCSE), i'm predicted A/A* but I don't want to do it.
Anyway, any information would be great,
Thanks,
David Varnham
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Jonathon Hurley
You don't need A maths for physics at A-Level. An understanding of it helps
in as much as you can see where the final results come from but all of the
integration / differentiation on the syllabus is hidden - you do the
straightforward derivations and then the famous words "it can be shown that"
come in! It might be worth, though, you haveing a quick read of something
like a basic book on diff. and integration, just to have a feel for what's
happening.
I did both and they never really relied on each other. - If you want to know
any more, just email me.
Regards
Jonathon
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Tom Robinson
<y3kso...@y3ksoftware.screaming.net> wrote:
>Next year, all going well, I should be studying A-Level Physics, don't know
>which board yet. The question I need to ask is how important is A-Level
>Maths when doing Physics. I'm not doing maths, I'll me doing Physics,
>Computing, English and Music. Is the kind of maths in physics reliant on
>A-Level Maths?
>
>I'm good at maths(at GCSE), i'm predicted A/A* but I don't want to do it.
>
>Anyway, any information would be great,
Just going through the M1 textbook for EDEXCEL maths, about 70% of M1
maths is also on the physics course of the same board. Personally, we
did the overlapping stuff first in physics and I didn't understand it
very well, but doing it a few months later in maths made all the
difference and I understand it perfectly now. This may not be the
case for you though, you might understand it straight away or the
overlap might not be significant, all depends on the syllabus and you
I suppose.
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David Varnham <y3kso...@y3ksoftware.screaming.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Next year, all going well, I should be studying A-Level Physics, don't
know
> which board yet. The question I need to ask is how important is A-Level
> Maths when doing Physics.
>
>
>
Although you don't NEED to do a-level maths to do a-level physics, all i can
say is it makes it alot easier, particularly if you take the mechanics
option. This is mainly because you get a chance to cover the topics twice,
once in physics and then also to a higher difficulty in maths. When you've
done harder examples in maths the questions in physics seem trivial.
Obviously this only applies to mechanics questions.
BTW im doing a-l maths, f.Maths phys&chem
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David Varnham <y3kso...@y3ksoftware.screaming.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Next year, all going well, I should be studying A-Level Physics, don't
know
> which board yet. The question I need to ask is how important is A-Level
> Maths when doing Physics. I'm not doing maths, I'll me doing Physics,
> Computing, English and Music. Is the kind of maths in physics reliant on
> A-Level Maths?
>
> I'm good at maths(at GCSE), i'm predicted A/A* but I don't want to do it.
>
> Anyway, any information would be great,
>
> Thanks,
>
Stuart James Pattinson
> What I found very useful was the Mechanics side of maths, this helps a lot
> in Physics.
Absolutely, Mechanics is one of the six sections in my Physics syllabus and
consequently saved me revising it/working hard at it because I'd already
done it in Maths.
To be honest, nobody in my school (including my brother who got a D in
Physics and B's elsewhere) has ever got a high grade (ABC) without taking
Maths with it. There was only one person in my Physics class of 20 who
didn't do Maths.
Maths drags up your intelligence anyway, that's probably one of the more
implicit ways that it helps though ;)
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you're all a bunch of bastards
"David Varnham" <y3kso...@y3ksoftware.screaming.net> wrote:
> Next year, all going well, I should be studying A-Level Physics, don't know
> which board yet. The question I need to ask is how important is A-Level
> Maths when doing Physics. I'm not doing maths, I'll me doing Physics,
> Computing, English and Music. Is the kind of maths in physics reliant on
> A-Level Maths?
From my expirience, the people who don't do maths do very badly in physics as
a rule, but this need not apply to you I suppose -- I think most poeple who
decide against A level maths are bad at it, because other than that, there
really aren't any great reasons to avoid it...
Although people will tell you that the overlap between physics and maths
allows you to go over things twice, in reality, if your physics set is 90%
maths students, you'll really skip through the overlap pretty quickly, so
unless you're really prepared to go through this stuff in your own time, you
will be disadvantaged.
If you're really motivated, then you'll cope. But I have to ask; why don't
you want to do maths? If you're not really orientated towards science, then
maths would support your other subjects better than physics.
Just opinions... feel free to ignore.
dan
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David Varnham
Thanks for your replies, they have made interesting reading. The general
consensus seems to fall on the fact that A-Level Maths is perhaps a
prerequisite for Physics. I have not chosen to do Maths, not because I am
bad at it but because I don't fancy doing 6 Alevels(GS on Top). Music
should be an easy pass for me, as should computing. English is my best
subject thus only sensible to follow it through; I have enjoyed science,
specifically the Physics side, it fascinates me and I also want a challenge.
Physics should provide this for me.
Another reason for the vague choice of subjects lays in the underlying fact
that I have no clear ideas about after A-Levels (UNI). I want a broad
spectrum of subjects that will not close too many doors for me in the future
while providing key skills for the world of work. I would imagine the above
subjects would perhaps stand me in good stead for Law perhaps.
Anyway, thanks again and any other input would be gratefully received.
David Varnham
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ICQ: 12995010 - dav...@dial.pipex.com
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Niall Saville
<y3kso...@y3ksoftware.screaming.net> wrote:
>I have not chosen to do Maths, not because I am
>bad at it but because I don't fancy doing 6 Alevels(GS on Top).
Physics, Music, English...?
>Another reason for the vague choice of subjects lays in the underlying fact
>that I have no clear ideas about after A-Levels (UNI). I want a broad
>spectrum of subjects that will not close too many doors for me in the future
>while providing key skills for the world of work. I would imagine the above
>subjects would perhaps stand me in good stead for Law perhaps.
I really don't recommend it. Honestly. I did 5 + GS and I have to say
it's not worth doing that many. 4 perhaps is ok, but even if you get
As in them all you're still demonstrating a lack of drive for any one
thing in particular, and if you're planning on doing a degree A levels
really only act as a gateway to further study.
In my opinion if you really want to keep your options open, do Maths,
a science, a language and English. You could get onto almost any
course with that combination. But I'd recommend at least getting down
to a few choices very soon.
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*very* difficult. In the mock synoptic (ULEAC), there was one question that I
didn't know how to answer, and it was something that my friends had been doing
in maths. But then, there's also been stuff that only people who did GCSE
electronics could answer!
I picked it because there was nothing else to pick...I had to do computing
(because I'm mad about computers), and I wanted to do Geography, but it was one
or the other.
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A-level maths.
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David Varnham
Maths?
David
David Varnham wrote in message <7km0m4$i2c$1...@lure.pipex.net>...
>Hi,
>
>Next year, all going well, I should be studying A-Level Physics, don't know
>which board yet. The question I need to ask is how important is A-Level
>Maths when doing Physics. I'm not doing maths, I'll me doing Physics,
>Computing, English and Music. Is the kind of maths in physics reliant on
>A-Level Maths?
>
>I'm good at maths(at GCSE), i'm predicted A/A* but I don't want to do it.
>
>Anyway, any information would be great,
>
>Thanks,
>
Josh Smith
Saville) wrote:
>
>>Another reason for the vague choice of subjects lays in the underlying fact
>>that I have no clear ideas about after A-Levels (UNI). I want a broad
>>spectrum of subjects that will not close too many doors for me in the future
>>while providing key skills for the world of work. I would imagine the above
>>subjects would perhaps stand me in good stead for Law perhaps.
You can do Law with virtually anything.
>
>In my opinion if you really want to keep your options open, do Maths,
>a science, a language and English.
I'm not so sure about this. Most language degrees require two language
'A' Levels, and most science degrees prefer either Maths, FM and a
science or Maths and two sciences. Of course, strictly speaking, an
English degree often doesn't require English A-L, but if you are doing
an artsy/hum degree then people will expect at least two subjects of
that sort.
>You could get onto almost any
>course with that combination. But I'd recommend at least getting down
>to a few choices very soon.
Basically, as the system stands, unless you intend to do an obscene
number of A-Ls it is difficult to keep options open. The fact that a
varied combination isn't complimentary, also makes the task harder.
Josh
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Raj
and Computing. A friend of mine does A-level Computer Science and he tells
me that he would never have been able to do the course without Maths. I
suppose you could also use Maths for Music - I used a formula and a numer
generator to compose a piece of music in a serialist style.
Raj
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Josh Smith
wrote:
>I would have thought that A-level Maths would be beneficial to both Physics
>and Computing. A friend of mine does A-level Computer Science and he tells
>me that he would never have been able to do the course without Maths.
I would disagree. The maths in it is very easy, and certainly requires
less manipulative skills than Higher GCSE Maths.
Matthew M. Huntbach
> On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:15:55 +0100, "Raj" <raj_b...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >I would have thought that A-level Maths would be beneficial to both Physics
> >and Computing. A friend of mine does A-level Computer Science and he tells
> >me that he would never have been able to do the course without Maths.
> I would disagree. The maths in it is very easy, and certainly requires
> less manipulative skills than Higher GCSE Maths.
Depends on the syllabus - are you thinking of the sort of Business Information
Technology degrees they do in the ex-polies? It is almost universal
experience amongst computer science academics that the mathematical aspects
of our degrees are the parts our students find most difficult.
Matthew Huntbach
Josh Smith
wrote:
I was referring to the 'A' Level. :-)
Josh
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Matthew M. Huntbach
> On 28 Jun 1999 07:21:13 GMT, m...@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew M. Huntbach)
> wrote:
>>Depends on the syllabus - are you thinking of the sort of Business Information
>>Technology degrees they do in the ex-polies? It is almost universal
>>experience amongst computer science academics that the mathematical aspects
>>of our degrees are the parts our students find most difficult.
> I was referring to the 'A' Level. :-)
OK - my fault, on rereading it's obvious that what you meant.
Matthew Huntbach
Sunil Rao
>
> It's also hard to do a physics, engineering or computing degree without
> A-level maths.
Hard? In a good place, it's *impossible*. At Imperial, for instance,
it's a major advantage if you've done Further Maths because that way you
don't start panicking as soon as you come in for your first Maths
lecture and dive right in.
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> Hi,
>
math is very important for physics because u must b very good in math for solving physics problems if u are good in mahts then u can eysely solve the physics problums