Physics

Topics (9)

• 1
  Mechanics
• 2
  Electromagnetism
• 3
  Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics
• 4
  Waves & Optics
• 5
  Modern Physics
• 6
  Quantum Mechanics
• 7
  Fluid Mechanics

  Surface tension, viscosity, elasticity, fluid motion and Bernoulli's theorem.

• 8
  Solid State Physics

  Crystal lattice and Bravais lattice, band theory, semiconductors, transistor and MOSFET physics, magnetism.

• 9
  Nuclear Physics

  Nuclear structure, radioactivity, detection, accelerators, fission and fusion, elementary particles.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Physics syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Perspectives of Modern Physics

   A. Beiser

2. 2

   Fundamentals of Physics

   Halliday & Resnick

3. 3

   Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

   D. Corson & P. Lorrain

4. 4

   Heat and Thermodynamics

   Zemansky

5. 5

   Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

   D. Griffiths

6. 6

   Modern Physics

   Serway, Moses, Moyer

7. 7

   Solid State Physics

   C. Kittel