Annotated Web links, academically oriented and other, on the subjects of Astronomy and Physics.
Studying Physics and Math | Studying Astronomy
Researching Physics/Astronomy
Teaching Physics | Teaching Astronomy
Grad School and the GRE
Studying Physics and Math
- Eric W. Weisstein's World of Science
- As quoted from the site, "Eric Weisstein's World of Science is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education." This above link is for the main website; subcategories for Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy can be found from here. For every encyclopedic entry, besides providing definitons and brief explanations, there is a substancial reference portion.
- Eric W. Weisstein's World of Physics
- The Physics specific portion of the above site, "Eric Weisstein's World of Science." Hosted by Wolfram Research.
- Wolfram Math World
- Provided by Wolfram Research (the makers of Mathematica), this site offers encyclopedic entries and answers (including references references) about all subcategories of math.
Studying Astronomy
- Eric W. Weisstein's World of Astronomy
- The Astronomy specific portion of the above site, "Eric Weisstein's World of Science." Hosted by Wolfram Research.
- lanl.arXiv.org - AstroPhysics
- Part of the lanl.arXiv.org site as described more thorougly below under Research, this site displays the new submissions for AstroPhysics, with a searchable archive.
Researching Physics and Astronomy
- lanl.arXiv.org
- An open access archive to "454,103 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics." You can browse by subject, do specific searches for a topic or author, or see "what's new."
- The Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- "The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 6.0 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable through our Abstract Service query forms, and full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature which can be browsed though our Browse interface. Integrated in its databases, the ADS provides access and pointers to a wealth of external resources, including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives. We currently have links to over 6.8 million records maintained by our collaborators."
- HEP Search: High-Energy Physics Literature Database
- "Search more than 500,000 high-energy physics related articles, including journal papers, preprints, e-prints, technical reports, conference papers and theses, comprehensively indexed by the SLAC and DESY libraries since 1974."
Teaching Physics
- HyperPhysics from Georgia State University
- A directory of explanatory websites, HyperPhysics "is a broad-ranging interactive physics exploration environment which is written in HTML with Javascript calculation routines. It is under continuing development by Dr. Rod Nave of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University." The sites are cross-referenced, creating an in-depth physics teaching and learning tool.
- Physics on the Internet
- Downloadable, free, 3-Dimensional Physics simulations.
Teaching Astronomy
- HubbleSite: Space Telescope Science Institute
- "At the Space Telescope Science Institute, we're working hard to study and explain the once-unimaginable celestial phenomena now made visible using Hubble's cutting-edge technology. In the course of this exploration we will continue to share with you the grace and beauty of the universe. Because the discoveries belong to all of us."
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- In this site hosted by the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, the "Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is originated, written, coordinated, and edited since 1995 by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell. The APOD archive contains the largest collection of annotated astronomical images on the internet."
- The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project
- "The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project site provides high quality simulators dealing important astronomical and astrophysical phenomena. We have plans to develop 19 such simulators. The simulators are accompanied by extensive supporting materials for both the student and instructor including assessment. Although there are certainly many valuable resources on this site, NAAP is still very much a work in progress. NAAP materials are designed to be sufficiently flexible that they can be used in a wide variety of educational settings: computerized laboratories, homework assignments, or classroom demonstrations. Each Animation is accompanied by background material necessary to understand the simulator making the NAAP site completely self-contained."
- Project CLEA- Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy
- "Project CLEA-CONTEMPORARY LABORATORY EXPERIENCES IN ASTRONOMY- develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern astronomical techniques using digital data and color images. They are suitable for high- school and college classes at all levels, but come with defaults set for use in introductory astronomy classes for non-science majors. Each CLEA laboratory exercise includes a dedicated computer program, a student manual, and a technical guide for the instructor. The technical guides describe file formats, user-settable options, and algorithms used in the programs. The most advanced CLEA labs run under Windows on PC's, or under Windows emulation on Macintosh computers."
Grad School and the GRE
- GREŽ Subject Tests Overview
- This site has multiple tabs filled with information about taking the GRE, both the subject specific and general tests. From the Overview Tab, click on the Physics Link for a description of the exam, plus a downloadable practice test.
