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Chapter 1: Science: A Way Of Knowing
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(1 http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/CosmosNotes/cosmos3.htm -- a discussion of the third episode of the
PBS video series Cosmos: A Personal Journey by astronomer Carl Sagan, discussing the
pseudoscience of astrology, and some of the history linking astrology to modern science.
(2 http://www.periodic.lanl.gov/ -- the Periodic Table of the Elements. A sophisticated online
periodic table of the elements created by the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory.
(3 http://mathforum.org/alejandre/workshops/buckyball.html—a webpage dedicated to
buckminsterfullerenes (buckyballs), their discovery and uses (including animations).
(4 http://www.velocity.net/~trebor/prelude.html -- a published essay A Prelude to the Study of Physics
discussing the role of models and problem-solving in physics.
(5 http://www.project2061.org/tools/sfaaol/chap1.htm -- Chapter 1: The Nature of Science from the
Project 2061 website at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
(6 http://merlot.org/ -- an expert-reviewed website dedicated to reviewing web resources; click on
Science and Technology and then Physics to view thousands of annotated websites discussing
physics.
(7 http://www.sciencenews.org/ -- the online version of a weekly newsmagazine of science for all the
latest happenings.
Chapter 2: The Language Of Science
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(1 http://powersof10.com This interactive web site is based on a famous film by Charles and Ray
Eames. You can guide yourself through the metric system of prefixes. e of the PBS video series
Cosmos: A Personal Journey by astronomer Carl Sagan, discussing the pseudoscience of astrology,
and some of the history linking astrology to modern science.
(2 http://www.umassd.edu/1Academic/CArtsandSciences/Chemistry/Catalyst/catalyst.html -Freshman Chemistry Math Review Materials including powers of ten, units, significant figures and a
short algebra review.
(3 http://helios.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/vectors/vectors.html -- the vectors tutorial at the
Department of Physics, University of Guelph.
(4 http://www.pa.uky.edu/~phy211/VecArith/ -- another vector tutorial, this one is an interactive
graphical JAVA applet.
(5 http://www.nrlm.go.jp/keiryou-e.html—the official scientific standards website of Japan, with a
nice set of descriptions of how the basic standards are established.
(6 http://www.mcm.acu.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/mathofmotion1.html -- a website based on a
video series, The Art of Renaissance Science which includes a discussions of Galileo's contributions
to the mathematics of motion, to science and to art via the development of painting perspective.
(7 http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/egalilg.html—the Galileo room of the History of Science
Museum in Florence, Italy. The museum contains originals and models of apparatus described in
this chapter, and Galileo's preserved right middle finger.
Chapter 3: Motions In The Universe
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(1 http://www.mcm.acu.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/mathofmotion1.html -- a website based on a
video series, The Art of Renaissance Science which includes a discussions of Galileo's contributions
to the mathematics of motion, to science and to art via the development of painting perspective.
(2 http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/egalilg.html—the Galileo room of the History of Science
Museum in Florence, Italy. The museum contains originals and models of apparatus described in
this chapter, and Galileo's preserved right middle finger.
(3 http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/education/reference/orbits/orbits.html—a partially animated NASA
tutorial on satellite motion and Kepler's Laws.
(4 http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/toc.asp?s=Satellites—contains tutorials on types of satellites (including a
section on geosynchronous satellites) and an extensive section on tracking current earth orbiting
spacecraft live via the web.
(5 http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html -- an online solar system orrery showing positions of the
solar planets and a few comets.
(6 http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Cannon/index.html—the cannon java applet simulates projectile
motion, allowing control of launch conditions.
Chapter 4: Isaac Newton And The Laws Of Motion
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(1 http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/fbd/FBD.htm—the Free Body Diagram tutorial at the
Department of Physics, University of Guelph.
(2 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html – biographic site for Sir
Isaac Newton.
(3 http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Snewton.htm -- NASA website summarizing Newton's
Laws.
(4 http://www.physics.purdue.edu/class/applets/NewtonsCannon/newtmtn.html – a humorous JAVA
applet animating a woodcut from Newton's Principia that demonstrates satellite motion.
(5 http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/newtltoc.html – animated Newton's Law's
tutorial from physicsclassroom.com
Chapter 5: The Law Of Universal Gravitation
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(1 http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/phys-sci/gravity/ -- online gravity tutorial at the Department of
Physics, Curtin University.
(2 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html – biographic site for Sir
Isaac Newton.
(3 http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Snewton.htm -- NASA website summarizing Newton's
Laws.
(4 http://www.physics.purdue.edu/class/applets/NewtonsCannon/newtmtn.html – a humorous JAVA
applet animating a woodcut from Newton's Principia that demonstrates satellite motion.
(5 http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circles/circtoc.html – animated tutorial from
physicsclassroom.com discussing circular motion, planetary motion and universal gravitation.
(6 http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/toc.asp?s=Satellites—contains tutorials on types of satellites (including a
section on geosynchronous satellites) and an extensive section on tracking current earth orbiting
spacecraft live via the web.
Chapter 6: Conservation Of Linear Momentum
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(1 http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/mo.html – animated JAVA simulation laboratories on the conservation
of linear momentum from the Department of Physics, University of Oregon.
(2 http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/momentum/cba.html –tutorial on impulse, momentum
and collisions from physicsclassroom.com including many animated problems and applets.
(3 http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/index.html – home of the US National Highways Traffic Safety
Administration containing many resources regarding auto crash safety and testing.
Chapter 7: Rotational Motion Of An Object
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(1 http://www.physics.brocku.ca/faculty/sternin/120/applets/CircularMotion/ -- applet showing
position, velocity and acceleration for uniform circular motion from the Department of Physics at
Brock University.
(2 http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/torque/Q.torque.html—the Rotational motion tutorial at the
Department of Physics, University of Guelph.
(3 http://web.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/dance/dance_physics.html – dedicated to the physics of dance
for aficionados of both.
(4 http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/cool_stuff/tour_evolution_ss_1.html – discusses solar
system evolution, including current theories of system formation
Chapter 8: Kinetic And Potential Energy
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(1 http://www.vast.org/vip/book/HOME.HTM – the physics of roller coasters online.
(2 http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/energtoc.html – to animated lessons on work,
energy and power from physicsclassroom.com (includes discussions of physics of skiing and roller
coasters).
(3 http://www.nu.ac.za/physics/1M2002/Energy%20work%20and%20power.htm – site from
University of Natal discussing energy content of food.
(4 http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/becker2.htm – presents the physics underlying weight lifting,
including gravity, friction, mechanical advantage, work and power.
Chapter 9: Atomic structure and phases of matter
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(1 http://www.periodic.lanl.gov/ -- a sophisticated online periodic table of the elements created by the
Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory.
(2 http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/quantumzone/index.html – The
quantum atom: a lavishly illustrated and JAVA-rich (and often slow) site includes a detailed
storyline describing the spectral lines, the Bohr atom and related topics.
(3 http://www.journey.sunysb.edu/ProjectJava/Radiation/ Natural Radioactive Series—this applet plots
the population of different members of the natural radioactive decay series as time elapses.
(4 http://cst-www.nrl.navy.mil/lattice/index.html – information and representations of 242 crystal
lattice structures
(5 http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch2/mixframe.html – review of elements,
compounds and mixtures at Purdue University.
(6 http://www.aip.org/history/curie/ -- Marie Curie and the discovery of radioactivity.
Chapter 10: Properties of Matter
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(1 http://www.uncwil.edu/nurc/aquarius/lessons/buoyancy.htm – simple lessons and activities
regarding buoyancy and pressure, part of the physics of diving..
(2 http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/buoyforce.htm a JAVA applet for conducting a simple
experiment for calculating the buoyant force applied to an object immersed in a liquid.
(3 http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/hydrostpr.htm a JAVA applet for conducting a simple experiment
measuring hydrostatic pressure in liquids..
(4 http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Experiment1.htm -- a Bernouilli's effect experiment.
(5 http://webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/javamirror/ntnujava/idealGas/idealGas.html – a JAVA applet
simulating the relation between density, pressure and partial velocity for an ideal gas
(6 http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/hero/ -- the Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria, an ancient
scientific treatise translated from the ancient Greek.
Chapter 11: Heat And Temperature
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(1 http://unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html – a tutorial on Temperature from the Center for
Atmospheric research.
(2 http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/buoyforce.htm a JAVA applet for conducting a simple
experiment for calculating the buoyant force applied to an object immersed in a liquid.
(3 http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/combustion/index.htm – the NASA microgravity combustion
science page describes the effects of microgravity on a candle flame, illustrating the effects of
convection on combustion.
(4 http://www.nrel.gov/otec/what.html – discusses the use of ocean currents to generate electricity.
(5 http://www.psrc-online.org/classrooms/papers/coleman.html – sample class on the physics of the
greenhouse effect.
(6 http://history.hyperjeff.net/statmech.html annotated timeline of thermodynamics and statistical
mechanics.
Chapter 12: The First Law Of Thermodynamics
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(1 http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Thermodynamics/ -- a simulation experiment on thermodynamic
equilibrium of two ideal gases.
(2 http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/piston.html – a simulation of the relationship between an ideal gas and
pressure.
(3 http://www.nu.ac.za/physics/1M2002/Energy%20work%20and%20power.htm – illustrates
metabolic equivalence of work and energy content in food.
(4 http://www.npg.org/specialreports/bartlett_index.htm – discusses the long-term exhaustion of fossil
fuel use for energy production.
Chapter 13: Entropy And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics
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(1 http://www.stirlingengine.com -- discussion of the sterling engine.
2
http://electron4.phys.utk.edu/141/nov19/November%2019.html – discusses entropy and ocean
currents
(3 http://filebox.vt.edu/eng/mech/scott/index.html – a collection of thermodynamic cycles including
steam engines and refrigerators
(4 http://www.taftan.com/thermodynamics/ -- another collection of applied thermodynamics examples
and descriptions, together with the laws of thermodynamics.
Chapter 14: Vibrations And Waves
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(1 http://www.falstad.com/ripple/ -- a JAVA applet simulation of a ripple tank, allowing all kinds of 2D wave experiments and demonstrations with reflectors, lenses, etc.
(2 http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/waveSuperposition/waveSuperposition.html – animated JAVA
demonstration of superposition of waves.
(3 http://www.kettering.edu/%7Edrussell/Demos.html – extensive collection of acoustics and vibrations
animations.
(4 http://users.erols.com/renau/harmonics.html – a very nice standing waves applet.
(5 http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/harmonics.html – physics of guitar strings for musicians.
Chapter 15: Sound
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(1 http://asa.aip.org/sound.html – interesting sounds from the Acoustical Society of America.
(2 http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/musicand.htm – an equation free description of the physics of
sound, with animations.
(3 http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/sound/sound.html – visible / audible JAVA applet demonstrates
Fourier synthesis
(4 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/soucon.html#c1 – physics of sound concept maps.
(5 http://www.earaces.com/anatomy.htm#Cross%20Section%20Of%20Ear – anatomy of the human
ear.
(6 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/PHYSICS_!/SPEECH_HELIUM/speech.html – physics of human
speech.
(7 http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3941/index.html – essays on physics of brasswind instruments,
concentrating on the trumpet.
Chapter 16: Electricity and Magnetism I: The Phenomena
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(1 http://www.gel.ulaval.ca/~mbusque/elec/main_e.html Exploring electric fields. Field plots for userdefined arrangements of charge.
(2 http://www.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html – the life times and experimental history of Benjamin
Franklin.
(3 http://www.aip.org/history/electron/ -- site celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of
the electron.
(4 http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/frame1.htm – gallery of famous scientists and personalities from the
historical study of electricity and magnetism.
(5 http://thorin.adnc.com/~topquark/fun/JAVA/electmag/electmag.html – history and function of the
mass spectrometer.
(6 http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ -- site containing breathtaking photographs of and physics
underlying the aurora or "northern lights".
(7 http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/earthmag/demagint.htm – collection of websites discussing the Earth's
Magnetic field, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of "De Magnete" by William
Gilbert.
Chapter 17: Electricity and Magnetism II: The Connections
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(1 http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/ -- website of the Internet Plasma Physics education
Experience (IPPEX).
(2 http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/index.html – DC circuits tutorials from the university
of Guelph, Canada.
(3 http://physics.uwstout.edu/staff/scott/animate.html#faraday – animations illustrating Faraday's law
of electromagnetic induction.
(4 http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/SeatExpts/EandM/motor/index.htm – discussion of how to
construct and analyze the "world's simplest electric motor."
(5 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rwchabay/emimovies/ -- a series of movies illustrating electric and magnetic
interactions, including the right hand rule.
Chapter 18: Electricity and Magnetism III: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
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(1 http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html – discussion and tutorial on the
electromagnetic spectrum from NASA's education outreach resources.
(2 http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/Spectrum/s.htm—an applet illustrating the
electromagnetic spectrum.
(3 http://hamjudo.com/notes/cdrom.html –electromagnetic mayhem and experiments at home with your
own microwave oven.
(4 http://www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/static-fields-cancer-FAQ/toc.html – EMF and human health issues
from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
(5 http://webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/javamirror/ntnujava/emWave/emWave.html—animation describes
propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Chapter 19: Electric Circuits
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(1 http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/index.html -- DC circuits tutorial from the University
of Guelph physics department..
(2 http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/frame1.htm – the gallery of electromagnetic personalities, including
Ampere, Ohm, Franklin, Volta
(3 http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/ -- a series of shockwave tutorials devoted to electricity
and magnetism from the Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience.
(4 http://jersey.uoregon.edu/Voltage/ -- an animated circuit simulator teaching Ohm's law from the
University of Oregon.
(5 http://www.aip.org/history/electron/ -- online exhibit describing the discovery of the electron by J.J.
Thompson from the American Institute of Physics.
(6 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/transformer/index.html – simple JAVA applet
demonstrating simple two stage transformer from Florida State University.
Chapter 20: Classical and Modern optics
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(1 http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/Rainbow/rainbow.html – discusses and models the dispersion of
light through raindrops, creating the curved spectrum known as a rainbow.
(2 http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/Lens/lens_e.html -- the classic thin lens and mirror simulator, this
applet shows how lenses and mirrors make use of the laws of reflection and refraction to create
various kinds of images.
(3 http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/optics/prism_e.html – demonstrates how refraction and reflection
occurs in a prism, including calculated intensities of reflected and refracted beams. The index of
refraction is controllable.
(4 http://www.exploratorium.edu/light_walk/index.html – famous walk through the physics of pinhole
images from the San Francisco Exploratorium.
(5 http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/image/rgbColor.html – applet allows the mixing of colored light,
pigments, use of filters to demonstrate color production and separation.
(6 http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/interact/electromagneticspectrum.html – brief introduction
to the electromagnetic spectrum from Discovery School.
Chapter 21: Atomic Structure and Interactions
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(1 http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=sitetools\periodic_table.html—
sophisticated period table of the elements site by the American Chemical Society. See especially the
filling of electron shells.
(2 http://www.achilles.net/~jtalbot/history/ -- a large site devoted to the history of the laser, including
rich links to laser physics applications, design, related phenomena and newsworthy lasers.
(3 http://www.achilles.net/~jtalbot/data/elements/index.html – devoted to gas discharge spectra of the
light elements.
(4 http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/quantumzone/index.html – a
tremendous site devoted to the quantum atom. This location within that site runs an animated
tutorial with simulations that describes the physical properties of electrons within elements, followed
by a tutorial on the periodic table.
(5 http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/quantumzone/index.html – a
tremendous site devoted to the quantum atom. This location within that site runs an animated
tutorial with simulations that starts with gas discharge spectra, leads through spectroscopy, the Bohr
atom and electron energy levels, de Broglie and the photoelectric effect.
(6 http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html – scanning tunneling microscope image gallery
from IBM. The art and beauty of atomic images.
(7 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/rutherford/index.html – JAVA applet simulation of the
Rutherford Experiment from Florida State University.
Chapter 22: Quantum Mechanics
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(1 http://www.aip.org/history/heisenberg/ -- "Heisenberg and Uncertainty" online exhibit by the
American Institute of Physics.
(2 http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/cover.html – presents the classic
experiments of quantum physics as animated tutorials and simulations. This section includes
quantum interference and the Bose-Einstein condensate.
(3 http://www.learner.org/progdesc/index.html?uid=42&sj= -- 52: The Quantum Mechanical Universe,
a thirty minute streamed video program from the CPB-Annenberg series The Mechanical Universe.
Cable modem or faster connection and free registration required.
(4 http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/quantumzone/photoelectric.html —
presents the classic experiments of quantum physics as animated tutorials and simulations. This
section includes the photoelectric effect.
(5 http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/ -- online exhibit of the American Institute of Physics describing
the life and legacy of Albert Einstein.
(6 http://www.aip.org/history/electron/ -- online exhibit describing the discovery of the electron by J.J.
Thompson from the American Institute of Physics.
(7 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/The_Quantum_age_begins.html#31 – a
history of quantum mechanics with biographies of the major scientists from the MacTutor History of
Mathematics archive at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Includes entries on Bohr, Einstein,
all other figures.
Chapter 23: Chemical Bonds and Physical Properties
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(1 http://www.sfu.ca/person/lower/TUTORIALS/chembond/index.html – all about chemical bonding
tutorial by Stephen Lower of Simon Fraser University.
(2 http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=sitetools\periodic_table.html —
sophisticated period table of the elements site by the American Chemical Society. See especially the
filling of electron shells.
(3 http://educ.queensu.ca/~science/main/concept/chem/c07/C07TPSU3.html – discussion
conceptualizing kinds of bonds as everyday social situation.
(4 http://www.kathysnostalgiabilia.com/lemelson.htm – the history of Nylon and its impact on the US
chemical industry and culture.
(5 http://physics.uwstout.edu/strength/indexfbt.htm – a complete online course devoted to the strength
of materials.
(6 http://www.learner.org/progdesc/index.html?uid=42&sj= -- 51: From Atoms to Quarks, a thirty
minute streamed video program from the CPB-Annenberg series The Mechanical Universe. Cable
modem or faster connection and free registration required.
(7 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/atomicorbitals/index.html – atomic orbitals. Short and
sweet visualization of electronic orbital shapes from Florida State University.
Chapter 24: Electric and Magnetic Properties of Materials
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(1 http://www.pbs.org/transistor/ -- historical / tutorial online exhibit accompanying the PBS program
Transistorized co-produced with the American Institute of Physics.
(2 http://masspec.scripps.edu/information/history/ -- an online exhibit dedicated to Mass Spectroscopy
from the Scripps Research Institute.
(3 http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~hkic/superconductors/ -- website devoted to history, introductory
description and theory, applications of superconductivity.
(4 http://www.ornl.gov/reports/m/ornlm3063r1/contents.html – A Teacher's Guide to Superconductivity
for HS Students, by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
(5 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/filamentresistance/index.html – short and sweet
animated applet demonstrating electron flow through metal conductor from Florida State University.
(6 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/resistance.html – complete tutorial on resistance
from Florida State University.
Chapter 25: Semiconductor Devices and Information Technology
Www resources
See Liberal Arts Physics Book homepage at
http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/Wiley/TrefilHazenLAP/AllTrefilSites6Jun03A.htm for valuable
web links.
(1 http://www.pbs.org/transistor/ -- historical / tutorial online exhibit accompanying the PBS program
Transistorized co-produced with the American Institute of Physics.
(2 http://www.101science.com/transistor.htm – transistor tutorial, containing simulations describing
typical circuits, applications, manufacturers, standards.
(3 http://korea.park.org/Japan/NTT/MUSEUM/html_st/ST_menu_4_e.html – The Basics of Electronic
Communication, a cartoon-illustrated tutorial by the NTT Digital Museum.
(4 http://www.computer50.org/ -- University of Manchester site dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the
birth of the modern computer.
(5 http://www.computer-museum.org/exhibits/pccomeshome/index.html – The Computer Comes
Home: A History Of Personal Computing. Online exhibit of the Computer Museum of America.
(6 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/cd/index.html – How a CD Works, from Florida State
University.
(7 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/harddrive/index.html – How A Hard Drive Works,
another short and simple tutorial from Florida State University.
Chapter 26: The Nucleus of the Atom
Www resources
See Liberal Arts Physics Book homepage at
http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/Wiley/TrefilHazenLAP/AllTrefilSites6Jun03A.htm for valuable
web links.
(1 http://www.aip.org/history/curie/ -- online exhibit "Marie Curie And The Science Of Radioactivity"
by the American Institute of Physics.
(2 http://www.aip.org/history/sakharov/ -- online exhibit dedicated to Andrei Sakharov, "father of the
Soviet hydrogen bomb" who later became a dissenter and received the Nobel Peace Prize.
(3 http://www.journey.sunysb.edu/ProjectJava/Radiation/ Natural Radioactive Series—this applet plots
the population of different members of the natural radioactive decay series as time elapses.
(4 http://www.colorado.edu/physics/PhysicsInitiative/Physics2000/isotopes/index.html – The Quantum
Atom: a lavishly illustrated and JAVA-rich (and often slow) site includes a detailed storyline
describing isotopes, and radioactive decay.
(5 http://www.lbl.gov/abc/ -- the ABC's of Nuclear Science, a lavish site containing tutorials and
simulations from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
(6 http://FusEdWeb.pppl.gov/CPEP/chart.html – Plasma Physics and Fusion, another lavish site
containing tutorials and simulations from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
(7 http://www.xray.hmc.psu.edu/rci/centennial.html – site indexing the many sites devoted to the
celebration of 100 years of medical radiology since the discovery of the X-ray in 1895.
Chapter 27: The Ultimate Structure of Matter
Www resources
See Liberal Arts Physics Book homepage at
http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/Wiley/TrefilHazenLAP/AllTrefilSites6Jun03A.htm for valuable
web links.
(1 http://www.aip.org/history/lawrence/ -- history of original accelerator and inventor from the
American Institute of Physics.
(2 http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/ -- the CPEP Particle Adventure - the best, most lavish
site for particle physics education, by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
(3 http://ippex.pppl.gov/fusion/default.htm –About Fusion! a tutorial from the internet plasma physics
education experience.
(4 http://www.learner.org/progdesc/index.html?uid=42&sj= -- 51: From Atoms to Quarks, a thirty
minute streamed video program from the CPB-Annenberg series The Mechanical Universe. Cable
modem or faster connection and free registration required.
Chapter 28: Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity
Www resources
See Liberal Arts Physics Book homepage at
http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/Wiley/TrefilHazenLAP/AllTrefilSites6Jun03A.htm for valuable
web links.
(1 http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/ -- online exhibit "Albert Einstein: Image and Impact" by the
American Institute of Physics.
(2 http://www.learner.org/progdesc/index.html?uid=42&sj= -- 42: The Lorentz Transformations, a
thirty minute streamed video program from the CPB-Annenberg series The Mechanical Universe.
Cable modem or faster connection and free registration required.
(3 http://www.learner.org/progdesc/index.html?uid=42&sj= -- 43: Velocity and Time, a thirty minute
streamed video program from the CPB-Annenberg series The Mechanical Universe. Cable modem
or faster connection and free registration required.
(4 http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/timedilation.htm – time dilation JAVA applet simulation by
Walter Fendt.
(5 http://www.mira.org/fts0/s_system/161/text/txt001z.htm – page on gravitational lensing from the
Monterey Institute of research in Astronomy.
(6 http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/phys-sci/gravity/index2.htm – Exploring Gravity tutorial site
from Australia's Curtin University of University.
Chapter 29: Cosmology
Www resources
See Liberal Arts Physics Book homepage at
http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/Wiley/TrefilHazenLAP/AllTrefilSites6Jun03A.htm for valuable
web links.
(1 http://universeadventure.org/ -- The CPEP Universe Adventure, by Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory.
(2 http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html – Cosmology: The Study of The Universe, NASA site tutorial
and collection of all NASA educational resources and sites on cosmology.
(3 http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/hubble.html – Edwin Hubble Biography from
Time magazine.
(4 http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bb_cosmo.html – A Brief History of Observational
Cosmology from Cambridge University.
(5 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/html/home.html – rich website to accompany Stephen Hawking's
Universe PBS special.
(6 http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/cmb.html – the Cosmic Microwave Background from the
University of British Columbia.
(7 http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/mysteries_l1/origin_destiny.html – origin and destiny of
the universe from NASA's Imagine the Universe.