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Physics
Dictionary : A Collection of Terms & Phrases Used Throughout Physics
An alphabetical listing of terms with hypertext links in its description.
Hosted by Joseph C. Christensen
Data
and Handbooks
Physical
Reference Data
It includes physical constants, and other data on spectroscopy, ionizing
radiation and dosimetry, nuclear and condensed matter physics, and more.
Favorite
Mathematical Constants
Very nice and useful list of mathematical constants with supporting
essays and references. Maintained by Steven Finch, Research and Development
Team, MathSoft, Inc.
Conversion
Factors
The following list provides the conversion relationship between U.S.
customary units (e.g. inch and miles) and SI (International System )
units. By the Washington State Department of Transportation.
NIST
Fundamental Physical Constants
CODATA Internationally recommended values of the fundamental physical
constants.
Periodic Table
of Elements - X-ray properties
A clickable table of elements. This table provides various x-ray properties
for each element and it has also a script for calculating x-ray cross
sections for a give energy.
Atomic
Spectroscopic Database (from NIST)
This database provides access and search capability for critically evaluated
data on atomic energy levels, wavelengths, and transition probabilities
that are reasonably up-to-date. The Atomic Energy Levels Data Center
and Data Center on Atomic Transition Probabilities and Line Shapes have
carried out these critical compilations.
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Laws
The
Laws
List from 'Laws, rules, principles, effects,
paradoxes, limits, constants, experiments, & thought-experiments
in physics' related topics in physics and astronomy by Erik Max Francis.
The
laws list
This is a list of various laws, rules, principles, and other related
topics in physics and astronomy. By Erik Max Francis.
General
ParticleAdventure.org : A Tour of
the Inner Workings of the Atom and the Tools for Discovery
The Particle Adventure is an award-winning site
that introduces the theory of fundamental particles and forces, called
the Standard Model. It also explores the experimental evidence and the
reasons physicists want to go beyond this theory. Available in English,
Spanish and French. Sponsored by the Particle Data Group, with funding
from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.
PhysLink, a
site that links you to the latest news from various physics institutions
and societies, reviews of science software, images of physicists, quotations,
cartoons and physics humour, etc.
The
Basics of MRI, by Dr. Joseph P. Hornak. This is an online tutorial
explains the physics behind magnetic resonance images and the mathematics
of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. It includes a section on glossary
and symbols .
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Physics
demonstrations online
Applets
Gallery
Java applets that demonstrate physics and math concepts. By Greg Egan.
Electromagnetism
in animation
This site teaches electromagnetism using animations.
It has video clips showing magnetic field line billowing out from charged
objects and current-carrying wires. Experiements showing Faraday's
Law, radiation, electrostatics and magnetostatics. Very cool images.
Produced by Professors John Belcher and Stanislaw Olbert and Mark Bessette
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics 2000
Physics 2000 relies heavily on the use of interactive "applets
to explain physics to a wide audience. It uses cartoon characters
to explain the physics and students can set in motion or adjust these
clever Java "experiments".
Physics
applet by the Department of Physics, University of Oregon, is a
collection of Java applet which explains physics, astronomy and environmental
sciences. This is an interactive site with Java "experiments".
U.C.
Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations
This site contains many of the old, classic, well-known favorite,
as a well as new, physics demonstrations. Produced by the University
of California Physics Department at Berkeleys for their undergraduates.
Subject includes from astronomy to magnetism to waves.
Biography
Contributions of 20th Century Women
in High Energy Physics
This is an
archive of more than 75 citations of 20th century women who have made
original and important contributions to physics. The citations describe
briefly and document major scientific contributions and some biographical
information mainly pertaining to the scientific lives of the women.
Emilio
Segrè Visual Archives
A collection of some 25,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs,
engravings, and other visual materials on American physicists and astronomers
of the twentieth century, as well as many scientists in Europe and elsewhere,
in other fields related to physics, and in earlier times. This
is part of the Niels Bohr Library of the Center for History of Physics
at the American Institute of Physics.
Einstein Year
2005
Einstein Year is all about getting young people excited about physics,
exploding the myth that physicists are white, middle-aged men with mad
hair, and highlighting the huge contribution of contemporary physics
to society. By Institute of Physics
Madame
Curie
A biographical online exhibition by The Center for History of Physics
The
Newton Project
This features a detailed account of the history of Newton's archive,
a summary of Newton's life and work, and a profusion of links to other
historical, scientific and literary resources. For the technically-minded,
there is also a full account of the Project's technical aspects and
of our transcription and tagging policy. By Imperial College London
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Bibliography/Internet database
Learning the
history of physics : a collection of sample syllabi
This site provides a list of literature for teaching
and studying the history of physics and related topics. It also
includes a list of textbooks and references commonly used for this area
of study. By the American Institute of Physics, Center for History
of Physics
History
AIP Center for History of Physics
This site's mission is to "preserve and
make known the history of modern physics and allied fields including
astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like."
The American Physical
Society - A Century of Physics
A
new Web timeline celebrating the past century or so of physics milestones,
from the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 through lasers, quarks,
and neural networks. Includes multimedia activities for students.
Citation/Style
guide
AIP Style Manual Fourth
Edition (1990)
This contains the pages of the print volume in
downloadable PDF format. Free. By American Institute of
Physics
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Links are additional
sources of information on physics can also be found at the following
sites:
- LBNL
Isotopes Project - LUNDS Universitet
Nuclear Data Dissemination Home Page - a site with related links to
isotopes.
- Particle
Accelerators Around the World a list of particle accelerators
and accelerator laboratories around the world.
- Physics.org
The best physics resources, all in one place. A search engin that
uses natural language query software (EasyAsk)
the site answers your question with a series of relevant and accurate
web sites from its database of refereed resources. The site return
with information such as target age group. Target audience all
levels. By Institute of Physics.
- PhysicsWeb
by Institute of Physics.
- PhysNet
the worldwide Physics Departments and Documents Network.
PhysNet offers a set of lists of links to all Physics Institutions
worldwide ordered by country and town and a search facility on the
Web through the local Physics Institutions for locally stored documents.
By the Universität Oldenburg, Germany.
- Yahoo
: Physics
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