Physics Resources on the Internet
Here are a few interesting webpages. If you know of others, please let me know, so that I
can link them.
If you are interested in the "stuff we are made of", you probably will enjoy The Particle Adventure and the ABCs of Nuclear Science. Other good sites deal with Plasma Physics and Fusion, and with the History and Fate of the Universe.
Enjoy a physics detective story!
Here are links to collections of physics applets - computer
simulation for particular physics topics:
Applets by Walter Fendt
Applets by the University of Oregon
Applet Collection by the Learning Online Network
NASA's webpages dedicated to the Cassini -Huygens mission to Titan, and NASA's pages on the Deep Impact spacecraft.
Physics Nobel Prize 2004 awarded for work on the "strong force and quarks"! The winners are David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek.
Read about the Physics Nobel Prize (2002)
Lima Nobel Quiz Question: Who is the Physics Nobel Prize Winner who grew up in Lima? Here's the answer.
How Things Work - explanations of many everyday objects: radios, flashlights etc
The Society of Physics Students has a nice webpage.
Here is a link to a really neat projectile motion applet. Fire the cannon and look at the trajectory!
What happens if you choose different masses?
Companion website to the Giancoli textbook at http://www.prenhall.com/giancoli
This page contains practice problems and other interesting material.
Physics Central - popular articles on physics,
from the American Physical Society (APS)
Athens Olympics pages, a nice compilation of world track and field records , and the page of USA Track and Field - physics in action
The website below contains some nice links to physics in everyday situations: http://www.brookscole.com/physical_science/ostdiek_inquiry
If you are interested in the "stuff we are made of", you probably will enjoy The Particle Adventure.
If you are interested in the latest data on the properties of elementary particles, take a look at the pages of the Particle Data Group.
And, last but not least, the Physics Department's web pages.
Disclaimer: The links above are given for information purposes only. Listing these links does not imply that I or OSU support any opinions expressed therein.