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Books by Keith Johnson

in chronological order

Keith has written over 100 books over a 40-year period, with total sales in the UK alone of about 3 millions.  Since the books are used and re-used for several years in schools, his books have influenced perhaps 10-20 million physics students in the UK, and many more abroad.

In addition, the wide-spread use of his timetabling software over 40 years and in over 80 countries has helped to provide quality timetables in schools to the benefit of millions of students and teachers.

OHP Optics : Curved Mirrors (1972) Harrap ISBN 0-245-51914-9
OHP Optics : Lenses (1972) Harrap ISBN 0-245-51915-7
OHP Optics : Simple Instruments (1972) Harrap ISBN 0-245-51916-5
OHP Optics : Advanced Optical Instruments (1972) Harrap ISBN 0-245-51917-3

Multiple-choice Physics for You (1975) Bell ISBN 0-7135-1926-6 and (1979) Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-140-5211

Physics for You : Book 1 (with Ann Johnson) (1978) Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-128871-1
Physics for You : Book 2 (with Ann Johnson) (1978) Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-132121-2
Physics for You : ‘O’ Level edition (with Ann Johnson) (1980) Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-140351-0
Physics for You : enhanced edition (with Ann Johnson) (1980) Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-167491-3

Timetabling (1980) Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-141630-2

Gewoon Naturkunde 1 (with Joop Dalen, Ad Oomens, Jan Vink) (1981) Malmberg ISBN 90-208-4863-1
Gewoon Naturkunde 2 (with Joop Dalen, Jos Loonen, Ad Oomens, Jan Vink) (1982) Malmberg ISBN 90-208-6253-7
Gewoon Naturkunde 3 (with Joop Dalen, Jos Loonen, Ad Oomens, Jan Vink) (1983) Malmberg ISBN 90-208-7283-4

Science at Work, a 24 book series, Associate Editor (with John Taylor et al) (1980-1989) Longman

GCSE Physics for You Supplement (1986) Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-165591-9
TimeTabler Manual (1988) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1404-9

GCSE Physics for You Questions (1989) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-0176-1
Physics for You, Multiple Choice (1990) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-0318-7

Me and My Things (with Carol Holland et al) (1990) Association for Science Education ISBN 0-86357-125-5
Me and Others (with Carol Holland et al) (1990) Association for Science Education ISBN 0-86357-126-3
Me and My World (with Carol Holland et al) (1990) Association for Science Education ISBN 0-86357-127-1
Me and My Surroundings (with Carol Holland et al) (1990) Association for Science Education ISBN 0-86357-128-X
Me and My Movements (with Carol Holland et al) (1990) Association for Science Education ISBN 0-86357-129-8

Physics for You : colour edition (with Ann Johnson) (1991) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-0565-1

Spotlight Science Course Guide (1993) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1566-5

Spotlight Science: Year 7 Students’ book (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1993) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1362-X
Spotlight Science: Year 7 Teachers’ Guide (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1993) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1561-4
Spotlight Science: Year 7 SEN Learning Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1993) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2758-2
Spotlight Science: Year 7 Assessment Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1993) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5537-3
Spotlight Science: Year 7 Extra Help Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1993) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2466-4
Spotlight Science: Year 7 Support Packs (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1996) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5535-7

Spotlight Science: Year 8 Students’ book (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1994) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1562-2
Spotlight Science: Year 8 Teachers’ Guide (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1994) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1563-0
Spotlight Science: Year 8 SEN Learning Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1994) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2759-0
Spotlight Science: Year 8 Assessment Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1994) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5543-8
Spotlight Science: Year 8 Extra Help Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1994) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2465-6
Spotlight Science: Year 8 Support Packs (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1996) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5541-1

Spotlight Science: Year 9 Students’ book (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1995) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1564-9
Spotlight Science: Year 9 Teachers’ Guide (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1995) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1565-7
Spotlight Science: Year 9 SEN Learning Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1995) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2760-4
Spotlight Science: Year 9 Assessment Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1995) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5533-0
Spotlight Science: Year 9 Extra Help Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1995) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2467-2
Spotlight Science: Year 9 Support Packs (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1996) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5531-4

Physics for You, HK Certificate 1 (with Irene Cheng, Mak Tsz Pun, Siu Chi Sun) (1995) Pilot Publishing HK ISBN 962-397-153-2
Physics for You, HK Certificate 2 (with Irene Cheng, Mak Tsz Pun, Siu Chi Sun) (1995) Pilot Publishing HK ISBN 962-397-154-0

Physics for You 1, translated, Chinese edition (with Irene Cheng, Mak Tsz Pun, Siu Chi Sun) (1995) Pilot Publishing HK ISBN 962-397-157-5
Physics for You 2, translated, Chinese edition (with Irene Cheng, Mak Tsz Pun, Siu Chi Sun) (1995) Pilot Publishing HK ISBN 962-397-158-3

Timetabling, Revised edn (1995) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1077-9

Fizika (Physics for You, translated, Slovenia) (1996) Tehniska zalozba Slovenije ISBN 86-365-0205-5

Physics for You, NC edition (with Ann Johnson) (1996) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2761-2
Physics for You, Support Pack (1998) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2755-8

Spotlight Course Guide,
revised (1998) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2202-0
Stimulus (Spotlight, Norwegian) (1997) Bokmal ISBN 82-11-00364-3

Spotlight Science 7, Welsh edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1997) Canolfan Astudiaethau ISBN 1-85644-353-1
Spotlight Science 8, Welsh edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1998) Canolfan Astudiaethau ISBN 1-85644-371-X
Spotlight Science 9, Welsh edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1999) Canolfan Astudiaethau ISBN 1-85644-373-6
Spotlight Science 7, Welsh Teacher’s Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1997) Canolfan Astudiaethau ISBN 1-85644-354-X
Spotlight Science 8, Welsh Teacher’s Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1998) Canolfan Astudiaethau ISBN 1-85644-372-8
Spotlight Science 9, Welsh Teacher’s Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1999) Canolfan Astudiaethau ISBN 1-85644-374-4

Science : On Target (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1998) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-3672-7
Science : On Target Answers (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (1998) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-3673-5

Advanced Physics for You (with Simmone Hewett, Sue Holt, John Miller) (2000) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5296-X

Spotlight Science 7, Revised (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5534-9
Spotlight Science 8, Revised (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5540-3
Spotlight Science 9, Revised (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5529-2
Spotlight Science 7, Revised Support Pack CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5539-X
Spotlight Science 8, Revised Support Pack CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5542-X
Spotlight Science 9, Revised Support Pack CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Stanley Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5532-2

Science : On Target Revised (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5528-4
Science : On Target Revised Answers (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2000) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-5530-6

Science for You, CD Support Pack (with Mark Pinsent) (2002) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-6791-6

Physics for You, Revised edition (with Ann Johnson) (2001) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-6236-1
Physics for You, Revised Support Pack (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-6237-X

Spotlight Science for S1, Scotland, (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2002) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7047-X
Spotlight Science for S2, Scotland, (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2002) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7055-0
Spotlight Science, Teacher’s Guide for S1, Scotland (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2002) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2551-2
Spotlight Science, Teacher’s Guide for S2, Scotland (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2002) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2552-0
Spotlight CD Support Pack for S1, Scotland, (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7114-X
Spotlight CD Support Pack for S2, Scotland, (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7115-8

Spotlight Science 7, New NC Revised Guide (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1988-1
Spotlight Science 8, New NC Revised Guide (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-1987-3
Spotlight Science 9, New NC Revised Guide (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-2560-4

Spotlight Science 7, Framework edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7472-6
Spotlight Science 7, Framework Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7475-0
Spotlight Science 7, Framework Support CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9193-4
Spotlight Science 7, Framework Assessment Bank (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7478-5
Spotlight Science 8, Framework edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7473-4
Spotlight Science 8, Framework Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7476-9
Spotlight Science 8, Framework Support CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9194-1
Spotlight Science 8, Framework Assessment Bank (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7479-3
Spotlight Science 9, Framework edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7474-2
Spotlight Science 9, Framework Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7477-7
Spotlight Science 9, Framework Support CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9195-8
Spotlight Science 9, Framework Assessment Bank (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-7480-7

Spotlight Science 7, Spiral edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8455-4
Spotlight Science 7, Spiral Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8458-6
Spotlight Science 7, Spiral Assessment Bank (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2003) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8461-5
Spotlight Science 8, Spiral edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8456-1
Spotlight Science 8, Spiral Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8459-2
Spotlight Science 8, Spiral Assessment Bank (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8462-2
Spotlight Science 9, Spiral edition (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8457-8
Spotlight Science 9, Spiral Support Pack (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8460-8
Spotlight Science 9, Spiral Assessment Bank (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-8463-9

Spotlight 7, On-line Tests (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-9478-2
Spotlight 8, On-line Tests (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-9480-5
Spotlight 9, On-line Tests (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-0-7487-9482-9

Physics for You, CD resources (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8612-0

Spotlight Science 7, Starter Pack CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8520-5
Spotlight Science 8, Starter Pack CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8521-3
Spotlight Science 9, Starter Pack CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2004) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8522-1

Wana (Physics for You, translated, Thailand) (2005) Nanmee ISBN 974-472-510-9

Spotlight Science 7 (translated, Thailand) (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nanmee ISBN 974-472-648-2
Spotlight Science 8 (translated, Thailand) (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nanmee ISBN 974-472-650-4
Spotlight Science 9 (translated, Thailand) (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nanmee ISBN 974-472-651-2
On Target Science (translated, Thailand) (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nanmee ISBN 974-9907-11-6

Spotlight Science 7, Test & Assessment CD (with Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams) (2005) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9479-4

Physics for You, New edition (with Ann Johnson) (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8328-8
Physics for You, New Support Pack (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8327-X

Physics for You, CD resources for AQA (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8339-5
Physics for You, CD resources for OCR (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8340-7
Physics for You, CD resources for Edexcel (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8341-2

Top Physics Grades for You AQA Modular (2005) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9783-9
Top Physics Grades for You AQA Coordinated (2005) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9789-8
Top Physics Grades for You AQA (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8377-6

Physics for You, extra CD resources for AQA (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-8419-5
Physics for You, extra CD resources for OCR (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9795-5
Physics for You, extra CD resources for Edexcel (2006) Nelson Thornes ISBN 0-7487-9797-3

Corsavy : Paysages et Visages (avec Jean-Claude Grosse, Andre Patot) (2007) Les cahiers de l’egare ISBN 2-908387-92-1

A Timetabler’s CookBook (2009) October ReSolutions ISBN 978-0-9561161-0-9

Fizika (Physics for You, translated, Latvia) (2009) Zvaigzne ABC ISBN 978-9934-0-0469-8
Fizika tau (Physics for You, translated, Lithuania) (2009) Alma Littera ISBN 978-9955-38-339-0

Physics for You, Updated GCSE edition (with Ann Johnson) (2011) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-1-4085-0922-7

Advanced Physics for You, Middle East edn (with Simmone Hewett, Sue Holt, John Miller) (2012) Nelson Thornes ISBN 978-1-4085-1864-9

Advanced Physics for You, Second edn (UK) (with Simmone Hewett, Sue Holt, John Miller) (2015) Oxford University Press ISBN 978-1-4085-2737-5

Physics for You, “5th” GCSE edition (with Ann Johnson, Sue Holt) (2016) Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-1983-7571-5

 

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