Physics For the IB Diploma

Book cover: Physics for the IB Diploma
Welcome to the website of the textbook Physics for the IB Diploma, Seventh Edition, by K.A. Tsokos. This site supports teaching beginning in September 2023, with first exams in May 2025. It's under continuous development to help teachers and students navigate the IB Diploma Physics syllabus.

Teaching Resources

Discover many files that you can use in the classroom to promote conceptual understanding, inquiry, critical thinking, clear up misconceptions, and enhance student learning.

Exam Materials

Access specimen papers for the May 2025 exams and comprehensive exam preparation materials.

Practice & Problems

Explore sample questions for Paper 2, practical work selections, and our "problem of the week" comprehensive homework sets.

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About K.A. Tsokos

K.A. Tsokos started teaching in the IB Diploma program in 1989 at the Copenhagen International School, and from 1995 until 2021 at the American School of Athens.

He earned a double B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from Birmingham University (UK) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University (US).

The first edition of Physics for the IB Diploma was published in 1998. At the time, it was the second textbook written specifically for the IB Diploma and the first in the sciences. This is the seventh edition, now published by Cambridge University Press.

He is also the author of "Series and Differential Equations," "Physics for the IB Diploma Exam Preparation Guide," and about 20 research papers, mainly on Quantum Chromodynamics.

New materials are being added on a regular basis.