Reading List (to support personal statement for Ucas application)

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN
New Scientist	Weekly science magazine			Vital to keep abreast of latest developments
The Ascent of Man	Dr Jacob Bronowski	Little Brown & Co	ISBN-10: 0316109339 ISBN-13: 978-0316109338	Classic account of history of science (there should be a copy in the school library)
The Time and Space of Uncle Albert	Russell Stannard	Faber and Faber	ISBN-10: 0571226159 ISBN-13: 978-0571226153	Very readable accounts of relativity etc. Two further books by the same author cover quantum physics and black holes
A Brief History of time	Stephen Hawking	Bantam Press	ISBN-10: 0593040597 ISBN-13: 978-0593040591	Never has a book been bought by so many and read by so few.
Why Does E=mc2?: (and Why Should We Care?)	Brian Cox and Jeff Foreshaw	Da Capo Press Inc	ISBN-10: 0306817586 ISBN-13: 978-0306817588	The title explains it all. Written by the man of the moment (well one of them is)
Isaac Newton	James Gleick	Harper Perennial	ISBN-10: 0007163185 ISBN-13: 978-000716318	Biography of the man who stood on the shoulders of giants.
Critical Mass (How one thing leads to another)	Philip Ball	Arrow	ISBN-10: 0099457865 ISBN-13: 978-0099457862	How physics principles can be applied to society, finance, traffic flow. Intellectual.