
REVISION GUIDES
On this page you can find our student-made revision guides and resources for various Physics modules. We are currently working on updating these.
In the academic years 2022/23 and 2023/24, many physics (and mathematics modules for those on the MathPhys degree stream) modules were updated and changed course code. Hence some guides may differ from the current lecture courses or you may find modules used to have different names (see archive). In some cases, multiple students have contributed notes and as such different documents are listed below the module title (format "notes 1, notes 2, etc").
Note: these guides should be used in conjunction with other material and as they are often meant as summaries, not comprehensive notes. Lecture notes and videos on Moodle should always be consulted for a fully up to date version of the course.
If you spot any errors or have suggestions on how to improve these documents, please let us know!
Underlined titles have notes available.
Year One
PX153: Mathematics for Physicists
PX155: Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity
PX157 Electricity and Magnetism
LATEX Lab Report Template
Year Two
PX262 Quantum Mechanics and its Applications
PX275 Mathematical Methods for Physicists
PX284: Statistical Mechanics, Electromagnetic Theory and Optics
- Note there are 2 separate links
PX285: Hamiltonian and Fluid Mechanics
Year Three
PX3A2: Quantum Physics of Atoms
PX385: Condensed Matter Physics
PX448: Mathematical Methods III
Year Four
PX431: Structure and Dynamics of Solids
PX443: Planets, Exo-planets and Life
PX446: Condensed Matter Physics II
PX447: Quantum Computation and Simulation
PX453: Advanced Quantum Theory
PX454: Theoretical Particle Physics
PX455: Frontiers of Particle Physics
PX456: Solar and Space Physics
PX457: High Performance Computing
PX458: The Distant Universe
ARCHIVE
We have old module lecture notes for reference. These may cover similar things but most have been merged or turned into new modules.
First Year Modules
- (now PX156 Quantum Phenomena)
PX109 Relativity (old module - now in PX155 Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity)
PX118 Waves (now in PX154 Physics Foundations)
PX120 Electricity and Magnetism (now PX157 Electricity and Magnetism)
PX121 Thermal Physics I (now in PX154 Physics Foundations)
PX132 Mechanics and Relativity (now in PX155 Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity)
PX144 Introduction to Astronomy (now PX158 Astronomy)
PX145 Physics Foundations (now PX154 Physics Foundations)
PX147 Introduction to Particle Physics (now in PX156 Quantum Phenomena)
Second Year Modules
- Now PX282 Stars and the Solar System
PX273 Electrical Power Generation
PX274 Experimental Particle Physics
PX263 Electromagnetic Theory and Optics
- Now PX284 Statistical Mechanics, Electromagnetic Theory and Optics
PX264 Physics of Fluids
- Now PX285 Hamiltonian and Fluid Mechanics
- Now PX284 Statistical Mechanics, Electromagnetic Theory and Optics
- Now PX85 Hamiltonian and Fluid Mechanics