SCIENCE LINKS

Sites are presented in alphbetical order and reflect no preference.

• AAAS: History and Archives: Founded in 1848, AAAS serves some 272 affiliated societies and academies of science and publishes the peer-reviewed general science journal Science.
• Activity-based Physics: Activity-Based Physics is a multi-institutional project to sustain and enhance current efforts to render introductory physics courses more effective and exciting at both the secondary and college level.
• AIP: Center for History of Physics.
• Alpine Glacial Glossary: Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms by Karen A. Lemke of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and The Virtual Geography Department Project.
• AMSER: AMSER (the Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use.
• APS Resources: Physics Internet resources from the American Physics Society.
• Atlas of the Body: An overview of human physiology.
• Atmospheric Optics: Light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the atmosphere produces a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more; find out where to see them and how they form.
• Biointeractive: BioInteractive is a website and a collection of biology-focused teaching materials created by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
• Biophys: College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry.
• CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics Resources Online.
• The Chymistry of Isaac Newton: With the support of the National Science Foundation, The Chymistry of Isaac Newton is producing a scholarly online edition as one part of an integrated project that includes new research on Newton's chymistry.
• CiteSeer: CiteSeer is a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science.
• CONSTANTS: Constants and Equations for Calculations.
• Cosmic Evolution: Cosmic Evolution - From Big Bang to Humankind.
• CROET Web: CROET, the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, is dedicated to health and safety in the workforce.
• DC physics: Doug Craigen, a former Acadia University physics professor's physics pages.
• Dictionary of Units: Site by Frank Tapson provides a summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest).
• Dino Russ's Lair: Dinosaur and vertebrate paleontology information.
• EAO: Einstein Archives Online, 43,000 archived records.
• Earthref: Geophysical and geochemical data, models, tools, and reference materials.
• EdGCM: Climate Modeling for Research and Education.
• Edison Papers: The Thomas A. Edison Papers.
• Einstein Archives Online: The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era.
• Einstein Light: A simple and clear presentation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity from the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
• Elemental Data Index: From the NIST Physics Laboratory databases.
• Energy Information Administration: Official Energy Statistics from the US Government.
• Ergito: A virtual text website of scientific publications. Registration is required to view free content.
• Essential Science Indicators: Special Topics: Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is a resource that enables researchers to conduct ongoing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track trends in science.
• EurekAlert: Science news website from the Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Ewell Sale Stewart Library: The Ewell Sale Stewart Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences houses many rare, beautiful, and important works on the natural sciences, books that most people will never see in their lifetimes.
• FAS: The Federation of American Scientists was founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists and is dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.
• Flash Animations for Physics: Animations sorted by category, and the file size of each animation is included in the listing.
• Fluid Power Net: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Power Transmission and Control from thw WWW Virtual Library.
• Frank Potter's Science Gems: More than 14,000 Science Resources sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level
• Galileo: Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
• GCC: Global Climate Change Student Guide by Joe Buchdahl of Manchester Metropolitan University.
• Geode: Use GEO-DATA Explorer (GEODE) to access, view, and download information from geo-spatial databases containing a broad spectrum of data produced by the USGS and other government agencies.
• Globalchange.gov: Gateway to Global Change Data and Information.
• GRCIO: The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides access to data and information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change-related educational resources.
• Hands on CERN: Hands-on-CERN (HoC) is an educational project at the scientific frontier of physics aimed at teachers and high school students studying natural sciences.
• History of science sourcebook: Internet history of science sourcebook from Fordham University.
• How Things Work.Virginia.edu: Making physics out of the ordinary.
• Innerbody: Explore Human Anatomy or Automobiles.
• ISIHighlycited: An expert gateway to the most highly influential scientists and scholars worldwide.
• The Lemelson Center: The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation.
• Linus Pauling and the race for DNA: Over 800 scanned documents, photographs, audio clips and video excerpts detailing the pursuit of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
• Linus Pauling research notebooks: The Pauling Papers holdings include forty-six research notebooks spanning the years of 1922 to 1994 and covering any number of the scientific fields in which Dr. Pauling involved himself.
• Live from CERN: Antimatter: The "Antimatter: Mirror of the Universe" website.
• Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics: Research at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is aimed at investigating Einstein’s relativity and beyond: mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity and gravitational wave astronomy.
• Medieval Science Page: This page by James McNelis is intended to provide a convenient and comprehensive set of links to all Internet resources worldwide which deal with aspects of medieval science, both in Western and other cultures.
• MetEd: The MetEd (Meteorology Education and Training) Website was established to provide education and training resources to benefit the operational forecaster community, university atmospheric scientists and students, and anyone interested in learning more about meteorology and weather forecasting topics.
• Mineralogie: Annotated links to internet resources, especially for mineralogists, petrologists, crystallographers, geologists.
• The National academies: The National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor.
• NAWQA: The National Water-Quality Assessment Program collecting and analyzing data and information in more than 50 major river basins and aquifers across the Nation.
• NCDC: National Climatic Data Center.
• Net Advance of Physics: Review Articles and Tutorials in an Encyclopædic Format rpovided as a free resource and arranged in an A to Z index.
• Newton: Argonne National Laboratory with "Ask a Scientist Archives" and Forest Preserve District Nature Bulletins.
• NOVA: The Elegant Universe: Web site supporting NOVA's 3 hour program The Elegant Universe narrated by Brian Greene.
• Organic Food Production: Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC) web site serves as
• Origins: Antarctica: The History of Antarctic Exploration. a starting point for those interested in organic production in agriculture.
• Physics: The Virtual Library's Physics index.
• Physics 2000: An interactive journey through modern physics.
• Physics and math: Archive of documents, physics and math.
• Physicscentral: A general introduction to physics maintained by the American Physical Society.
• Physics Education Technology: Fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena from the Physics Education Technology project at the University of Colorado.
• Physics.org: Physics resources available after free registration.
• Physics Help: Physics Help for students.
• Physics Resources: From APS, the American Physics Society.
• Physlink.com: A comprehensive physics and astronomy online education, research and reference web site.
• PhysNet: PhysNet - the worldwide Network of Physics Departments and Documents - provides a set of information services for physicists.
• Physicsweb: A portal to physics information.
• Physicszone: The Physics Zone is designed to be a resource for learning introductory level, algebra based, physics.
• PhysLINKlink: A portal to physics information.
• PhysRefData: Physical Reference Data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
• Psigate: Gateway to Web resources in the physical sciences; astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials sciences, physics, and science history and policy.
• PSCI.com: Free access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites covering public engagement in science, science communication and the interpretation of science in society.
• Reddy's Forensic Page: A collection of over 1,000 forensic Web pages by Reddy P. Chamakura, a retired forensic scientist with Police Laboratory, New York City Police Department.
• RefCalculators: The Calculators On-Line Center: a collection of mathematical, scientific, statistical and other calculations.
• RNA WebRing: Provides links between many of the molecular biology research groups and private companies that have an interest in any aspect of RNA.
• The Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary: Offers over 3,300 terms from the oil drilling industry.
• Science.gov: Scientific information provided by various US government agencies.
• Science netlinks: Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is a guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.
• Science News: A weekly science news magazine in online format.
• Science News - New York Times: Current information on general topics in science.
• Science Now: Current science news.
• Scitechresources.gov: Provides the scientist, engineer, and science aware citizen with easy access to key government web sites.
• Scientific American: Online magazine.
• Scirus: Science-specific search engine.
• Scientistsolutions.com: An internet discussion site or "Board" to provide scientists a resource for the exchange of ideas and information.
• Scitechresources: A catalog of government websites for the scientist, engineer, and science aware citizen.
• SRTP Society, Religion and Technology Project genetic engeneering page.
• STINET: Public STINET is available to the general public, free of charge and provides access to citations of unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents.
• Structural Geology: Structural Geology on the Web.
• Superstringtheory: The Official String Theory Web Site maintained by Patricia Schwarz.
• TNP: The Newton Project's aim is to garner all his productions into a single, freely accessible electronic edition.
• Transistorized!: The history of the invention of the transistor.
• Treasure-troves: Eric Weisstein's Treasure Troves of Science.
• Trends online: A compendium of data on globalchange.
• Visual Quantum Mechanics: funded through the National Science Foundation.
• VPC: Martindale's Virtual Physics Center.
• WebPhysics: The Web Physics Project.
• WRCC: Western Regional Climate Center.
• Wind Energy Resourse Atlas of the United States: This atlas estimates wind energy resource for the United States and its territories.
• World of Physics: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics.

Links last verified and updated 3/22/2007.

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