Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Sunday, April 23, 2006
PHYSICS WEBSITES (WITH SYNOPSIS)
The Internet pilot to physics: - Aspects of Physics, such as online tutorials, databases.
http://www.tp.umu.se/TIP%20TOP/
Virtual Physics: - Basic physics, force, tension and momentum.
http://library.advanced.org/10170/
Medical radiation Physics: - Rolf Sievert, the man and the unit, life and works of Rolf Sievert, focusing on his contributions the field of clinical Physics and the study of radiation.
http://www.Ki.se/onkpat/radfys/sievert.html
Inertia: - Concept of inertia, with images, diagrams and online experiment.
http://users.supernet.com/dharp/physics/inertial.html
Refraction and the ray model of light: - Six lessons on the topic of refraction of light.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/refrn/refrntoc.html
Projectile motion: - Projectile motion together with illustrations explaining the concept in further detail.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/vectors/u3l2a.html
Reflection and the ray model of light: - offers four lessons on the topic of reflection, including information on concave and
http://www.glenbrook.K12.il.us/gbscci/phys/class/refln/reflntoc.html
Momentum and its conservation: - Offers information on theories related to momentum.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/momentum/momtoc.html
The basics of Biometrics: - Explains the concept of Biometrics.
http://library.thinkguest.org/28062
Tsunami: - a survey of past Tsunamis,
http://www.geophys.Washington.edu/tsunami/welcome.html
Newton's laws in action: - Teaches Newton's laws of motion from an application view point.
http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/subsubsection412
The wonderful world of atoms and nuclei: - (GSI) presents a history of the study of heavy ion elements and discusses their creation.
http://www.gsi.de/~demo/wunderland/englisch/inhalt.html
Galaxies: - Formation and types of galaxies
http://www.Phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/SETI/TUTORIAL/galaxies.html
The death of a star: - White Dwarfs and Supernovae, Offers a tutorial on dramatic changes that can happen at the end of a stars life.
http://wwww.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/SET/TUTORIAL/stardeath.html
About Temperature: - Concept of temperature, thermometers, temperature scales, heat
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/temp.html
The particle adventure: - Information on atomic structure
http://pdq.lbl.gov/cpep/adventure.html
The exploration of the Earths magnetosphere: - Provides an overview of Earths magnetosphere and the missions
http://www.spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Intro.html
Radiation Belts: - Introduction to radiation belts
http://www.spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Iradbelt.html
Magnetism; - Introduction to magnetism
http://www.spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/imagnet.html
Small comet: - latest news on account of their discovery
http://smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/
The discovery of the electron: - An online exhibit on British Physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson and the discovery of electron.
http://www.aip.org/history/electron/
The Celestial sphere: - Introduction to the Celestial Sphere
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/celestial/celestial.html
Life, the universe and the electron: - Describing the discovery of the electron a century ago.
http://www.iop.org/physics/electron/Exhibition/
Why is the sky dark at night? : - Explanations of the physics and simple interactive experiments
http://www.arachnoid.com/sky/
A,B,C´s of Nuclear Science: - Principles of Nuclear Physics
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/
Vectors: - teaches vectors using the trajectory of falling objects.
http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/subsubsection412
Potential Energy: - Basic introduction to the concept of Potential energy.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/energy/u5/1b.html
Kinetic Energy: - Basic introduction to the concept of Kinetic Energy.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/energy/u5/1c.html
Traffic light system: - Interactive simulation on traffic flow
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/trafficcontrol/trafficcontrol.html
Visual Quantum mechanics: - Quantum physics to schools and non- science students
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/perg/vgm/
World’s largest Optical telescopes: - The largest telescopes that are currently in operation around the world.
http://astroa.physics.metu.edu.tr/bigeyes.html
Searching for extra solar planets: - Solar system including recent news.
http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~gmarcy/planetsearch/planetsearch.html
Exponentials: - Explaining exponential functions and providing exercises for additional study.
http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/subsubsection114
Avalanche (NOVA online): - Programme about the causes, physics and control of avalanches.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/nova/ava/anche/
Marie and Pierre: - The discovery of Polonium and Radium
http://www.nobel.se/physics/articles/curie/
An illusion to the eye: - The aberration effect, images diagrams and video clips explain the concept of distortion and aberration of light.
http://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/~phyteoe/projects/gateway/aberratn.html
National space science data center: - Astrophysics, space physics, solar physics, lunar and planetary data from NASA.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
A walk through time: - The evolution of time measurements, including images.
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
Baryons: - Presents a wide range of information about baryons including properties and types.
http://www.sns.ias.edu/~whu/physics/baryon.html
Hadrons: - Presents a wide range of information about hadrons, including properties and types.
http://physics.hallym.ac.kr/education/hep/adventure/hadrons,html
Exploring Gravity: - Set of physics tutorials, suitable for students in their final two years at school or first year at university.
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/phys.sci/gravity/indexz.html
Super strings: - The theory of super strings.
http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~ipierre/strings/
Worlds largest optical Telescopes: - guide to some of the largest optical telescopes that are currently in operation or are under construction.
http://astroa.physics.metu.edu.tr/bigeyes.html
From stargazers to star ships: - Explores the Earth's motion in space, Newtonian mechanics and the physics of space flight.
http://www.spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/sintro.htm
The soundry: - Many aspects of sound and acoustics, including the functions of the ear, the physics of sound.
http://library.thinkguest.org/19537/
Cassiopeia: - Images about Cassiopeia.
http://www.windows.umich.edu/cgi-
Art Ludwig's sound page: - Description of sound waves, information on soundproofing, music and human hearing, room acoustics.
http://www.silcom.com/~a/udwig/
Moving Targets: - The effects in physics known as the Doppler effect.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/moving.html
Skateboard science: - Physics of some skate boarding tricks by analysing image examples.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/largeglossary.html
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Sunday, April 02, 2006
FELICITOUS WEBSITES(IN PHYSICS!)
There exist many examples for high-quality outreach and educational websites in physics like:
http://particleadventure.org/
Particle Adventure, the fundamentals of matter and forces
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/
Physics 2000, an interactive journey through modern physics
http://www.physicscentral.com/
Communication of the excitement and importance of physics to everyone
OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
Acoustics and Vibration Animations
Contains animations which visualize concepts concerning acoustics and vibration, including simple and damped harmonic oscillation, damped systems, and radiation.
www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html
Zona Land Physics Department: Waves
Esamines wave propogation, reflection, interference, and other concepts.
www.id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/waves.html
Exploratorium Snack: Resonator
Project that uses balls attached to dowels to demonstrate the concepts of natural frequency and resonance.
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/resonator.html
Vibrations and Waves
Online textbook featuring downloadable chapters in PDF format. Covers vibrations, resonance, and free and bounded waves.
www.lightandmatter.com/area1book3.html
Universal Planar Manipulator (UPM)
Performing research in the field of distributed manipulation to develop a single horizontally-vibrating plate to move objects.
www.cs.berkeley.edu/~dreznik/UPM2000
Input Shaping
Dedicated to the exchange of information on input shaping.
www.me.gatech.edu/inputshaping
Active Classroom: Waves and Vibrations
Lessons, labs, worksheets, and more.
www.online.cctt.org/curriculumguide/units/waves.asp
ATOMIC PHYSICS
Discovery of the Electron
Experiments by J.J. Thomson in 1897 led to a look inside the atom and the discovery of a fundamental building block of matter.
www.aip.org/history/electron
You Try It: Atom Builder
Science Odyssey project that lets users build a carbon atom particle by particle.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom
HowStuffWorks: Atoms
Explains what atoms are, what they're made up of, and more.
www.howstuffworks.com/atom.htm
All About Atoms
Illustrated introduction to the basic building blocks of matter that make up everyday objects.
www.education.jlab.org/atomtour
Plasma-Gate: Atomic Physics on the Internet
List of atomic physics resources.
www.plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/API.html
Plasma-Gate: Databases for Atomic and Plasma Physics www.plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/DBfAPP.html
Zeitschrift für Physik D: Atoms, Molecules and Clusters
Journal dedicated to the study of atoms and molecules.
www.link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00460
Plasma-Gate: Jobs in Atomic and Plasma Physics
Features job announcements for Ph.D. and postdoctoral positions.
www.plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Jobs.html
Single-Configuration Radial Wavefunction Calculator
HTML version of Robert Cowan's atomic structure application package that calculates single-configuration radial wavefunctions for a spherically symmetrized atom via approximations to the Hartree-Fock method.
www.plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/~fnralch/rcn.html
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Cavity QED Microlaser
Experiment under the direction of its inventors, Kyungwon An and Michael S. Feld, at the Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory.
www.web.mit.edu/minwah/www/sal.html
Primer on Electron-Atom Collisions
Adapted from C.C. Lin's 1996 Will Allis Prize Talk.
www.raptor.physics.wisc.edu/talk/index.htm
Chart of Interactions
Six quarks, six leptons and four interactions only?www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/7386/chart.htm
Java Clebsch-Gordan Coefficient Calculator
Evaluates Clebsch-Gordan coefficients which arise in the theory of angular momentum in quantum mechanics.
www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/~phs3ps/cgjava.html
ATOMS: Simulated Physics Using Virtual Atoms
Series of Java applets.
www.atoms.alife.co.uk
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM WEBSITES
http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/elect.html
http://www.proteacher.com/110016.shtml
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/index.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/resources/electricityandmagnetism.html
http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/
http://216.94.16.40/english/schoolzone/Info_Electricity.cfm
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electromagnets/
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html