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Selected Websites

Below is a listing of websites identified by subject area. Please select the option that best fits your need or interest. If you have a suggested website for inclusion or suggestions for improving this site, please contact Peter Fritzler.

I. Professional Societies and Organizations

• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• American Nuclear Society (ANS)
• American Physical Society (APS)
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• International Society for Optical Engineering - (SPIE)
• National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA)
• Optical Society of America (OSA)
• Scholarly Societies Project - facilitates access to websites of scholarly societies across the world. Sponsored and maintained by the University of Waterloo Library.

II. Biographical and Historical Resources

1. A Century of Physics - An interactive timeline of the last hundred years in physics. Click through physics factoids, animations, and associated images from the world of art and design, or read about innovators and theorists to understand how their work influences the way we perceive ourselves and our world. Provided by the American Physical Society.

2. Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics - Citations of 20th century women who have made original and important contributions to physics. The citations describe briefly, and document, selected major scientific contributions. They also contain biographical information - mainly pertaining to the scientific lives of the women.

3. The Discovery of the Electron -

4. Einstein: Image and Impact - A tour of Einstein's life including: the formative years; the great works; E=mc²; world fame; public concerns; quantum and cosmos; the nuclear age; science and philosophy; an essay: The World As I See It.

5. Feynman Online! - This web site is dedicated to Richard P. Feynman, scientist, teacher, raconteur, and musician. He assisted in the development the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantumelectrodynamics, translated Mayan hieroglyphics, and cut to the heart of the Challenger disaster.

6. The Galileo Project - The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time. There are glossaries, maps, timelines, searchable databases, student experiments, and more.

7. Lawrence and His Laboratory: A Historian's View of the Lawrence Years - This site is a tribute to the founder of the Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, who invented the cyclotron, opened the way to "a Golden Age of particle physics and revolutionary discoveries about the nature of the universe." In addition to presenting the accomplishments of Lawrence and the laboratory from 1931 to 1958, the site displays a large collection of photos from the Berkeley Lab Online Photo Archive.

8. Life, the Universe, and the Electron - An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of the electron.

9. Nobel Laureates in Physics - The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Library presents this list. Includes the award winners with brief biographical information and a description of the discovery taken from the Nobel Foundation's text describing each Laureate's discovery and other sources.

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III. Constants and Conversions

1. Conversion of Units - Allows you to enter a numerical value, select a unit, and convert it to another unit. Available from the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry in Berlin, Germany.

2. PhysLink Physics and Astronomy Reference - includes the latest in mathematical and physical constants, conversion factors,  nuclear and particle data, periodical table information, and equations covering a variety of topics in physics.

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IV. Datasets

1. Particle Data Group (PDG) - The PDG is an international collaboration that reviews particle physics and related areas of astrophysics and compiles/analyzes data on particle properties. PDG publishes, The Review of Particle Physics, the most cited publication in particle physics during the last decade.

2. Physical Reference Data (NIST) - Includes: Fundamental Physical Constants/ Atomic Spectra Database, Ground Levels and Ionization Energies for the Neutral Atoms, Spectrum of Platinum Lamp for Ultraviolet Spectrograph Calibration/ Wavenumber Tables for Calibration of Infrared Spectrometers, Frequencies for Interstellar Molecular Microwave Transitions/ Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Section Database/ X-ray Attenuation and Absorption for Materials of Dosimetric Interest, XCOM: Photon Cross-Sections Database, X-Ray Form Factor, Attenuation and Scattering Tabulation/ Stopping-Power and Range Tables for Electrons, Protons, and Helium Ions/ Radionuclide Half-life Measurements Made at NIST, Atomic Weights and Isotopic Compositions/ Atomic Model Data for Electronic Structure Calculations. Available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory federal agency within the US Commerce Department's Technology Administration.

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V. High Energy and Particle Physics

1. High Energy Physics Information Center (HEPIC) - provides high energy physics links and resources from Fermilab.

2. The Particle Adventure - sponsored by the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, this website provides an introduction to particle physics, with a glossary and particle charts.

3. Particle Data Group (PDG) - The PDG is an international collaboration that reviews particle physics and related areas of astrophysics and compiles/analyzes data on particle properties. Provides tables, plots, reviews, conservation laws, particle listings. PDG publishes, The Review of Particle Physics, the most cited publication in particle physics during the last decade.

4. Particle Detector BriefBook

5. Physical Reference Data (NIST) - Includes: Fundamental Physical Constants/ Atomic Spectra Database, Ground Levels and Ionization Energies for the Neutral Atoms, Spectrum of Platinum Lamp for Ultraviolet Spectrograph Calibration/ Wavenumber Tables for Calibration of Infrared Spectrometers, Frequencies for Interstellar Molecular Microwave Transitions/ Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Section Database/ X-ray Attenuation and Absorption for Materials of Dosimetric Interest, XCOM: Photon Cross-Sections Database, X-Ray Form Factor, Attenuation and Scattering Tabulation/ Stopping-Power and Range Tables for Electrons, Protons, and Helium Ions/ Radionuclide Half-life Measurements Made at NIST, Atomic Weights and Isotopic Compositions/ Atomic Model Data for Electronic Structure Calculations. Available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory federal agency within the US Commerce Department's Technology Administration.

6. SLAC Virtual Visitor Center Glossary - A glossary of high energy physics terms, with links to further information, from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

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VI. Others

1. How Stuff Works - provides in-depth animated articles that explain the world from the inside out with readability for laypeople.

2. The Net Advance of Physics: Review Articles and Tutorials in an Encyclopædic Format - from MIT.

3. Physical Review Focus - selections from Physical Review and Physical Review Letters explained for students and researchers in all fields of physics.

4. PhysicsWeb - Physics news, jobs, and resources.

5. Physics News Update - A digest of physics news items arising from physics meetings, physics journals, newspapers and magazines, and other news sources; source for "hot" research topics.

6. Stanford Solar Center - presents a collection of fun educational activities based on Solar Oscillations Investigation (SOI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) data. Students can explore the Sun's tangled magnetic field, its turbulent surface motions, the dramatic sunspot cycle, and even what magic happens in the solar interior where instrumental eyes cannot penetrate. From MIT.

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The websites above are suggestions to aid in your research. They are not intended to be a specific endorsement of content, other than that the Randall Library believes it to be a useful research resource. They are not a comprehensive list of resources for this topic and should not be the reseracher's only resource. The Randall Library is not responsible for the validity or relevance of content on the websites above, nor does it purposefully mean to mislead the researcher towards a specific topic, philosophy, or concept.

Last Update: July 31, 2006