Physics
Dr. Herman's homepage.
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Governor's School
March 1998
Physics homepage.
Dr. Rhett Herman
Department of Chemistry and Physics
- You have got to see this page to believe it! Eric Weisstein, a
research scientist at the University of Virginia Astronomy Department, has
developed an extensive set of web pages devoted to many of the
sciences. Especially amazing is his Treasure
Troves of Science collection. I mean really amazing. You don't
often find web pages that have, for example,
- a derivation of the Euler-Lagrange equations of physics,
- a description of what contour integrals are,
- an explanation of the geodynamo that drives Earth's magnetic field,
- and much more!
- A website entitled "Bizarre stuff you can make in your kitchen." The name says it all.
- How Things Work, a website by Dr. Louis A. Bloomfield, Professor of Physics a the University of Virginia, author of the textbook "How Things Work."
- The web page of Dr. Alan Sokal, a physicist who pulled a colossal hoax on a journal devoted to the ideas of postmodern social criticism. Both sides of the issue are presented here. You, however, should go see for yourself and be the judge.
- A nice web page devoted to the periodic
table
of the elements.
- The Standard Model of Elementary Particles (i.e., the basic constituents of all things), offered by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, dedicated to "Discovering the Nature of Nature."
- The NASA homepage: The name sort of tells you what's here.
- The Nine Planets homepage: A truly spectacular tour of our solar system.
- The Space Telescope Electronic Information Service: Home of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory homepage: Home to lots of things flying about in space.
- The Galileo spacecraft homepage: The homepage for the Galileo probe sent to Jupiter.
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Yahoo: Science: A huge master
archive for all sorts of scientific disciplines.
- Yahoo: Science: Physics: A great archive for physics information.
- Yahoo: Science: Astronomy: A great archive for astronomy information.
- The Public Connection Project at Rice University: This is (in their own words) "...the first online, up-to-date, digital museum accessible to the general public, [including] six interactive displays of real-time earth and space science data... ."
- SSD-StarShip Designs: A page maintained by the Lunar Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, describing some possible means of faster space travel. Quite interesting.
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The Science Hobbyist homepage is full of ideas for the amateur scientist. Many of these are do-it-yourself projects that include not only the basic theory, but also detailed instructions on how to build the projects. |
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