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World Wide Web Resources in Physics & Astronomy

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Web Directories & Guides
Professional Associations
Popular & Student Organizations
Academic Departments
Institutes, Laboratories & Research Centers
Observatories & Planetaria
U.S. Government Agencies
Agencies of Selected Governments
Electronic Periodicals
Subject Specific Sites
Astronomy/Astrophysics/Space Science
Condensed Matter Physics/Materials Science
History/People
Nuclear Physics
Optics & Lasers
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Technical Reports/Papers/Preprints
Tutorials & Problems Sites
Other Sites of Interest

Web Directories & Guides

General Directories
Digital Librarian: Physics PhysicsWeb:Web Links
Martindale's: Virtual Physics Center PhysNet: Physics Departments & Documents Worldwide
Physics Internet Resources Virtual Library: Physics
PhysicsED: Physics Education Resources  
Subject Specific Directories
AstroWeb  
Atomic Physics on the Internet Plasma on the Internet
Classical, Quantum & Statistical Mechanics & Thermodynamics Educational Sites Quantum Optics & Atom Optics Links
Clocks & Time Relativity on the World Wide Web
Digital Librarian: Astronomy & Aerospace SciCentral
Entropy on the World Wide Web Nanotechnology WWW Resources
Fluid Dynamics Links Nuclear Industry WWW Sites
General Relativity Around the World Online Particle Physics Information
High Energy Physics Information Center SPIE's Gateway to Photonics

Horology--The Index

 Thermodynamic Data & Property Calculation Sites on the Web
LaserNet: Laser & Laser Safety Related Resources Todd's Atomic Homepage
Martindale's: Science Tables & Databases WWW Virtual Library: Aerospace
Martindale's: Virtual Astronomy, Astrophysics & Space Science Center WWW Virtual Library: High Energy Physics
Martindale's:  Virtual Engineering Center WWW Virtual Library: Nuclear Engineering
Martindale's: Virtual Materials Science Center WWW Virtual Library: Nuclear Physics

 

Professional Associations

ASM International IEEE
Acoustical Society of America Insitute of Physics
American Association of Physics Teachers International Astronomical Union
American Astronomical Society International Field Emission Society
American Geophysical Union International Nuclear Societies Council
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics International Organization for Standardization
American Institute of Physics International Planetarium Society
American Nuclear Society International Union of Materials Research Societies
American Physical Society International Union of Pure & Applied Physics
American Society for Nondestructive Testing Laser Institute of America
American Society for Testing & Materials Materials Research Society
American Vacuum Society Microbeam Analysis Society
Astronomical Society of the Pacific National Academy of Sciences Board on Physics & Astronomy
European Nuclear Society Optical Society of America
European Physical Society Royal Astronomical Society

 

Popular & Student Organizations

American Association of Amateur Astronomers Planetary Society
American Association of Variable Star Observers Society for Popular Astronomy
Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers Society of Physics Students
Astronomical League Students for the Exploration & Development of Space

 

Academic Departments    (U.S. graduate departments of physics or physics/astronomy unless otherwise                                                          indicated)

PhysicsWeb Directory of Physics Departments MIT (Nuclear Engineering)
University of California, Berkeley (Astronomy) MIT (Physics)
University of California, Berkeley (Engineering) University of Michigan (Astronomy)
University of California, Berkeley (Physics) University of Michigan (Engineering)
University of California, Los Angeles University of Michigan (Physics)
University of California, Santa Barbara SUNY, Stony Brook
California Institute of Technology North Carolina State University (Engineering)
Carnegie Mellon University (Engineering) Northwestern University (Engineering)
Case Western Reserve University (Engineering) University of Notre Dame
Case Western Reserve University (Physics) Ohio State University (Astronomy)
University of Chicago (Astronomy & Astrophysics) Ohio State University (Physics)
University of Chicago (Physics) Ohio University
Columbia University (Astronomy & Astrophysics) Penn State University (Engineering)
Columbia University (Physics) University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University (Astronomy) Princeton University (Astronomy)
Cornell University (Engineering) Princeton University (Physics)
Cornell University (Physics) Purdue University (Engineering)
University of Florida (Engineering) Rutgers University
Harvard University (Astronomy) Stanford University (Engineering)
Harvard University (Physics) Stanford University (Physics)
University of Illinois, Urbana (Nuclear Engineering) University of Texas, Austin
University of Illinois, Urbana (Physics) University of Washington
Johns Hopkins University University of Wisconsin, Madison (Engineering)
Kent State University (Chemical Physics) Yale University (Astronomy)
University of Maryland Yale University (Physics)

 

Institutes, Laboratories & Research Centers

Advanced Photon Source (Argonne) Kennedy Space Center (NASA)
Ames Laboratory (DOE) Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics (NASA)
Ames Research Center (NASA) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE)
Argonne National Laboratory (DOE) LIGO: Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
Astronomical Data Center (NASA) Liquid Crystal Institute (Kent State U.)
Atlantic Oceanographic & Meterological Laboratory (NOAA) Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE)
Battelle Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (DOE) Maryland Chaos Group
Center for Gravitational Physics & Geometry (Penn State) Max Planck Insitute for Gravitational Physics (Germany)
Center for History of Physics MIT Center for Space Research
Center for Nonlinear Dynamics (U. Texas) MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center
Center for Nonlinear Studies (Los Alamos) National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
CERN--European Laboratory for Particle Physics National Insitute for Theoretical Physics (Australia)
Computational Physics & Materials Theory Group (Harvard) National Space Science Data Center
COSMOS: National Cosmology Supercomputer National Synchrotron Light Source (BNL)
Danish Space Research Institute U.S. Naval Observatory
Dryden Flight Research Center (NASA) NIST Center for Neutron Research
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE)
Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Group Particle Data Group (LBL)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (DOE) Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (Russia)
Frequency Standards Laboratory (JPL) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Glenn Research Center (NASA)(Cleveland) Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA) RIKEN: Institute of Physical & Chemical Research (Japan)
Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA) Sandia National Laboratories (DOE)
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Space Environment Center (NOAA)
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (NASA) Space Research Institute (Russia)
Hiraiso Solar Terrestrial Research Center (Japan) Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA)
Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Institute for Theoretical Physics (UCSB) Studsvik Neutron Research Laboratory (Sweden)
Insitute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics (UCLA) Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Italy) Synchrotron Facilities Directory
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy) Syncrotron Radiation Center (U. of Wisconsin)
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Taiwan)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (DOE)
Johnson Space Center (NASA) TRIUMF: Canada's National Laboratory for Particle & Nuclear Physics
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research World Nuclear Association
KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (Japan)  

 

Observatories & Planetaria

  Lick Observatory
Planetarium Web Sites Directory Mount Wilson Observatory
Adler Planetarium NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Anglo-Australian Observatory National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (India)
Australia Telescope National Observatory National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Big Ear Radio Observatory (SETI) National Solar Observatory
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Rome Astronomical Observatory
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile) Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Earth Observation Center Space Infrared Telescope Facility
European Southern Observatory Tycho Brahe Observatory (Sweden)
Gemini Observatory Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Kitt Peak National Observatory Yerkes Observatory

 

U.S. Government Agencies

Dept. of Energy National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NASA National Science Foundation
National Institute of Standards & Technology Nuclear Regulatory Commission

 

Agencies of Selected Governments

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization International Energy Agency
British National Space Center National Space Development Agency (Japan)
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France) Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee
European Space Agency OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Indian Space Research Organization Swedish Space Corporation
International Atomic Energy Agency  

 

Electronic Periodicals    (These are mostly free full-text online publications.  For other full-text scholarly                                                          journals, see the Electronic Journals Center.)

AIP Physics News New Journal of Physics
Astronomy Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Optics Express
Complexity International PhysicsWorld
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards & Technology Science & Technology Review
Living Reviews in Relativity Universe Today
Los Alamos Science  

 

Subject Specific Sites

Astronomy/Astrophysics/Space Science  
Astronomical Data Center (NASA) Martindale's: Virtual Astronomy, Astrophysics & Space Science Center
AstronomicaLinks National Air & Space Museum
Astronomy Digital Image Library NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program
Astronomy Thesaurus Planetary Data System (NASA)
The Aurora Page Planetary Image Atlas (NASA)
Cambridge Cosmology Planetary Photojournal (NASA)
Comet Observation Home Page SciCentral: Best Astrophysics & Relativity Online Resources
Digital Librarian: Astronomy & Aerospace Space Calendar (Upcoming Events) ( NASA)
Encyclopedia Astronautica Space Library (NASA/JPL/Caltech)
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia Space Policy Project (Federation of American Scientists)
Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics Virtual Trips to Black Holes & Neutron Stars
HEASARC: High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (NASA) WWW Virtual Library: Aerospace
Infrared Astronomy World Data Center-A for Solar-Terrestrial Physics

 

Condensed Matter Physics/Materials Science Particle-Solid Interactions Web Server
Atomic Force & Scanning Probe Microscopy Polymers & Liquid Crystals
Condensed Matter & Materials Physics: Basic Research for Tomorrow's Technology (NAS) SciCentral: Best Materials & Polymer Science Online Resources
Condensed Matter Physics Group (Ames) SciCentral: Best Superconductivity Online Resources
Martindale's: Virtual Materials Science Center Semiconductor SuperSite Network
Microscopy & Microanalysis WWW Site Superconductors
Nanotechnology WWW Resources  

 

High Energy/Particle Physics

 Particle Adventure
Atomic Physics on the Internet Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council
Elementary-Particle Physics: Revealing the Secrets of Energy & Matter (NRC) SciCentral: Best Atomic & Plasma Physics Online Resources
High Energy Physics Information Center SciCentral: Best High Energy & Particle Physics Online Resources
Online Particle Physics Information WWW Virtual Library: High Energy Physics

 

History/People Emilio Segre Visual Archives
Albert Einstein Online Feynman Online!
Contributions of 20th Century Wome to Physics Nobel Laureates in Physics
  Professor Stephen Hawking's Homepage

 

Nuclear Physics SciCentral: Best Nuclear Physics & Engineering Online Resources
Natural Fossil Fission Reactors (Oklo) Todd's Atomic Homepage
Nuclear Industry WWW Sites Uranium & Nuclear Power Information Centre (Australia)
Nuclear Information World Wide Web Server U.S. Nuclear Data Program
Nuclear Physics: The Core of Matter, the Fuel of Stars (NRC) WWW Virtual Library: Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Information Network WWW Virtual Library: Nuclear Physics

 

Optics & Lasers OSA Optics Links
Harnessing Light: Optical Science & Engineering for the 21st Century (NRC) OPTICS.ORG--Photonics Resources
Hologram Production Site Quantum Optics & Atom Optics Links
LaserNet: Laser & Laser Safety Related Resources SPIE's Gateway to Photonics
Lasers-Optics-USA  

 

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence SETI@home (Berkeley)
Big Ear Radio Observatory SETI Insitute Online
Columbus Optical SETI Observatory Sky & Telescope's SETI Page
Harvard SETI Home Page Web Sites Related to SETI
SETI Australia  

 

Technical Reports/Papers/Preprints PhysNet: Physics Departments & Documents Worldwide
CERN Document Server: Preprints SLAC SPIRES HEP Database (Stanford)
Los Alamos e-Print Archive SPIN Web Online Journal Publishing Service (AIP)
NASA Technical Reports Server  

 

Tutorials & Problem Sites The Physics Connexion Problems Resource
Help for Physics Students Physics Hypertextbook
The Net Advance of Physics (Reviews & Tutorials) Physics Tutorials
Online Educational Resources for Physics Teachers

 

Other Sites of Interest

Atomic Spectroscopy The Official String Theory Web Site
Chaos Hypertextbook Perspectives on Plasmas
Computational Fluid Dynamics Online Physical Reference Data
Gravitational Physics: Exploring the Structure of Space & Time (NRC) Physics of Life (Elsevier)
High Frequency Sites (Electromagnetic Research) Relativity & Quantum Gravity Groups
History of Frequency Control & Modern Time Keeping Superstrings!
Molecular Expressions: Electricity & Magnetism Interactive Java Tutorials Test & Measurement World
NIST Reference on Constants, Units & Uncertainty Time Service Department (U.S. Naval Observatory)

 

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Last Updated  12/20/99

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Jeff Wanser    wanserjc@hiram.edu