For a guide to Reference Sources in Astronomy, see Physical
Sciences Reference Sources
To locate journal articles related to Astronomy, see Science
& Technology Databases
The "Virtual"
- Physics Center
http://www.martindalecenter.com/GradPhysics.html
This site has a collection of annotated links for physics and astronomy.
PhysicsWorld: Physics News, Jobs,
and Resources
http://physicsworld.com/
This resource includes news, articles, and a comprehensive annotated
index to on-line physics resources; from the Institute of Physics. The Buyer's Guide is a classified business
directory with links to suppliers of lab equipment and other materials.
Information is also included for conferences, workshops, and worldwide
job listings.
DC Physics
Help for Students
http://www.dctech.com/physics/student_help.php
Great site for the beginning physics student.
Einstein Light
(Dr. Joe Wolfe, Department of Physics, University of New South Wales)
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/
Dr. Wolfe presents five video segments on the development of Einstein's
theory of relativity: Galileo (mechanics & relativity); Maxwell (electricity
& magnetism); Einstein (relativity & constant c); Time Dilation
(follows from relativity); and E=mc2 (relativity & mechanics). Each
segment is also accompanied by a collection of pages that explain the topic
in further detail.
Physical Review Focus
http://focus.aps.org/
Articles from the Physics Review and Physical Review Letters,
both published by the American Physical Society
Living Reviews in
Relativity
http://relativity.livingreviews.org/
This is a peer-reviewed online "open source" publication covering relativity
and related topics, published by the Max Planck Society of Germany.
Living Reviews in
Solar Physics
http://solarphysics.livingreviews.org/
This is a peer-reviewed online "open source" publication covering solar
physics and related topics, published by the Max Planck Society of Germany.
Online Journal of Undergraduate
Research in Physics
http://www.jurp.org/jurp.htm
From the Society of Physics students, a free online journal of undergraduate
research, papers and presentations. The journal is open to submissions
from all undergraduate students studying physics.
arXiv.org (Cornell University
Library)
http://arxiv.org/
Hosted by the Cornell University Library, this archive provides searchable
access to 778,005 research papers in physics, mathematics, computer science,
and quantitative biology.
The Industrial Physicist
http://www.aip.org/tip/
A free online magazine devoted to the application of physics in industry
and the work and recognition of industrial physicists.
FreeBookCentre.
Net - Physics Books
http://www.freebookcentre.net/Physics/Physics-Books-Online.html
This section contains online books and references on physics books,
Physics texts and Physics textbooks. The topics available are Introductory
Physics, Theoretical Physics, Modern Physics, Condensed Matter, Atomic
Physics, Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Physics, Quantum Field
Theory,Quantum Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism, Electrodynamics,
Solid State Physics, Superconductivity, Mathematical Physics, Conservation
Laws, Optics, Plasma Physics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics,
Statistical Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Dynamics,
Relativity, Vibration Waves, Computational Physics, Medical Physics, Astronomy,
Biophysics, Chemical Physics, Geophysics
Eric Weisstein's
World of Physics
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
This online encyclopedia of physics has entries that range from a short
definition to a longer article with links to subtopics and related terms.
American Physical Society
http://www.aps.org/index.cfm
Newsletters from individual APS units, a categorized section of links,
a career center, and discussion boards are all part of the web site for
the American Physical Society.
Institute of Physics
http://www.iop.org/
Contains a fee-based Electronic Journals service including:
CoDAS Web, offering abstracts from over 60 major journals in Condensed
Matter Physics and Materials Science; Physics Express Letters, online rapid
communications from 12 important journals; PhysicsNet, a free product locator
service; Physics World Jobs; PEERS (The Physics Encyclopedia of E-mail
Records), a free scientists' e-mail directory; "Inside Physics" (the latest
and breaking news from research and industry); links to useful physics
Internet sites, and a diary of forthcoming international conferences.
Atomic Archive
http://www.atomicarchive.com/index.shtml
This searchable site presents information on the science, history,
people, and politics that helped to develop the atomic bomb and nuclear
weapons. There is also a collection of maps, videos, photographs, and animations.
Fundamental
Physical Constants from NIST
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
The National Institute of Standards (NIST) Reference on Constants,
Units, and Uncertainty presenting CODATA internationally recommended
values of the Fundamental Physical Constants such as the Speed of Light
etc. The bibliography is searchable.
Glossary
of Nuclear Terms
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary.html
This is a very extensive glossary of nuclear terms maintained by the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency.
HyperPhysics
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html#hph
Created by Dr. Rod Nave, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia
State University, this web site links physics terms together through concept
maps. Definitions for the terms are also included.
Index
to Physics Applets
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/appletindex.html
Created as part of the Museum Informatics Project at the University
of California, Berkeley, this website serves as a clearinghouse of high-quality
physics applets that can be used in a variety of settings. The site is
divided into a few basic topical areas, such as mechanics, waves, properties
of heat and matter, and optics. While a search engine isn't provided, visitors
can use the "Find" function provided by most browsers to look for specific
items of interest. It is worth noting that the applets dealing with various
fields of optics are quite strong, and visitors will no doubt locate at
least a handful of applets here that they can use in the classroom or just
to increase their own understanding of physics.
American
Physical Society News
http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/archives/index.cfm
All issues prior to the current issue are available.
Physics News Update
http://www.aip.org/physnews/update/
Current issue plus backfiles to 1990 of the American Institute of Physics'
electronically published newsletter, Physics News Update - a digest
of physics news items arising from physics meetings, physics journals,
newspapers and magazines, and other news sources.
Activity-Based Physics
(University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group)
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/abp/
"This program represents a multi-university collaborative effort by
a team of educational reformers to use the outcomes of physics education
research along with flexible computer tools to promote activity-based models
of physics instruction." This site has a collection of alternative homework
assignments, problems, books and papers, talks, and links.
Physics.org (Institute
of Physics)
http://www.physics.org/index.asp
Interactive tutorials on this site help users learn about the history
of physics and physics in our daily lives. A natural language search engine
allows users to search for web pages and filter them for target age range
and level of prior physics knowledge.
Contemporary Physics Education
Project
http://www.cpepweb.org/
Created by a non-profit organization of physicists and educators, this
web site features educational materials which are available online or by
order.
Physics
Education Technology (University of Colorado)
http://phet.colorado.edu/index.php
PhET is a free collection of simulations for educators to use in the
classroom. You can run the simulations from the web or download them to
your computer. The simulations are organized by topic or by alphabetical
index, and there is a help page with setup and troubleshooting information.
The Particle Adventure
http://particleadventure.org
This interactive educational site introduces the study of physics to
students and accompanying classroom materials.
Exploring the Nano world
http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/
The site uses examples of nanotechnology and advanced materials to
explore science and engineering concepts at the college level. There
are lesson plans and curricula. From The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UW MRSEC) Interdisciplinary
Education Group.
Sport Science
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/index.html
An educational site on physics as it applies to sports and the movement
of the human body. There are sections on baseball, skateboarding, surfing,
and hockey.
Electricity
(Concepts) Theme page (Community Learning Network)
http://www.cln.org/themes/electricity.html
"CLN's theme pages are collections of useful Internet educational resources
within a narrow curricular topic and contain links to two types of information.
Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...)
to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are links to instructional
materials (lesson plans), which will help teachers provide instruction
in this theme."
Electronetwork
http://www.electronetwork.org/
This is a multifaceted web site that has educational sections on electromagnetism
and its application to technology, art, and other sciences. The site features
artwork which has electromagnetism integrated into the design and concept,
an explanation behind the construction and principles involved in a computer
hard drive, poetry on the subject of electricity and electromagnetism,
and philosophical essays on the subject.
Interactive Plasma Physics Education
Experience (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, funded by the
Department of Energy)
http://ippex.pppl.gov/
An informational web site on plasma physics, fusion, and fusion energy.
An online flash version of a Tokamak, a fusion confinement device, is included.
Plasma Science and Technology
http://www.plasmas.org/
Another informational site on plasma physics that focuses on the application
of plasma science to our study of outer space and energy needs.
CERN Document Server
http://cdsweb.cern.ch/
From the European Organization for Nuclear Research, a searchable server
of documents on particle physics and related topics, offering bibliographic
records, half of which contain the full-text. Also includes video presentations
of archived lectures from seminars at universities and conferences.
Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Virtual Visitor Center
http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/Default.htm
Written for the layperson, this searchable site presents information
about subatomic particle accelerators including diagrams of their different
components, their history, applications, the method of detecting the particles,
theories, cosmic rays, and experiments being conducted at the Center as
well as Nobel Prize winners in Physics at the Center. Additionally, information
about the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) is available.
Included are a glossary and photos.
Breaking
Through: A Century of Physics at Berkeley
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/physics/
This site "tells the story of physics at Berkeley, 1868-1968, as compelling
a tale as there is in the history of science. Consider the initial setting
- a frontier university with ambitions as high as the sky - and consider
the results: scientists who made a machine to smash the atom, built a bomb
that ended World War II, fought to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons,
and won 7 Nobel Prizes in 19 years." The history is told through four sections,
each with several essays and photographs.
Center for History of Physics
(American Institute of Physics)
http://www.aip.org/history/
Several online exhibits on this site highlight important contributions
to the study of physics. The exhibits include Marie Curie & Radioactivity;
Discovery of the Electron; Global Warming; and more.
Contributions of 20th Century
Women to Physics
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/
"An archive presenting and documenting some important and original
contributions made before 1976 by 20th century women." This archive includes
an annotated photo gallery, quotations, biographical information on women
physicists, and a listing of 500+ books and articles. You can search the
archives or browse by area of physics.
Einstein Archives Online
http://www.alberteinstein.info/
"The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access
to Albert Einstein's scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by
the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
Einstein: Image and
Impact
http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/
Trace Albert Einstein's life through this web page created by The Center
for History of Physics. Brief paragraphs and photographs detail important
events in the life of Einstein throughout this site. A collection of essays
by historians is also included.
Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
http://photos.aip.org/
"A collection of more than 25,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs,
engravings, and other visual materials, the Emilio Segrè Visual
Archives focuses on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth
century, but includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other
fields related to physics, and in earlier times."
The Galileo Project
http://galileo.rice.edu/index.html
A project at Rice University, this web site contains a collection of
biographical information about Galileo Galilei. There is a glossary and
bibliography.
URL: http://lib.westfield.ma.edu/physics.htm
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