An essential guide to the undergraduate wishing to develop skills in physics. Drawing on physics education research and the author's own extensive experience in teaching, this book addresses the skills needed by the undergraduate to become a physicist. As well as chapters on the design of experiments, mathematical modelling, written reports and oral presentations, the book gives clear and practical advice on studying physics.

DAVID SANDS is a Senior Lecturer in the Physics Department at the University of Hull, where he teaches transferable skills and other specialist physics modules.