Great For A2 Physics
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I have just started A2 Physics at my school. I didn't do maths to AS (just GCSE). I am the only one in my class without an AS in Maths. My teacher told me that I needed to know about Differentiation and Integration in order to progress my A grade in AS physics to an A in A2.
I always had the idea that Calculus was simply a very complicated area of Mathematics developed by Newton. I didn't know anything else (remember I only had a Maths GCSE).
I thought I'd buy this book to see if it could help me. The fantastic thing is that it explains every single concept in an extremely simple way (starting with the very basics). I believe that I am now up to the high standard of the mathematicians in my class and am able to understand the important mathematical concepts in physics that use calculus as a basis for their explanation. In particular, OCR's Advancing Physics A2 - Creating Models section.
You really don't need to be a math genius to understand this book fully!
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Shock, horror, calculus is easy (well sort of!)
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If you`ve ever looked at a polynomial equation and thought that learning Martian would be easier, or even that knowing what a polynomial was would make a lot more sense, then this is the book for you. Granted, the book does assume that you have some prior knowledge of algebra and trig but I have only the most basic grasp of them and still managed to follow the book. The chapters are well set out and explain painful looking equations for differentiation and integration in simple,easy to follow terms. Calculus for Dummies acts like a kindly mentor; easing you through the hard bits, holding your hands when the numbers start to look like gibberish and celebrating with you at the end of the chapter that maths no longer seems like a strange and alien concept!
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