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 Astronomy
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Cosmos in a Computer | Info on powerful computer models that "evolve" the universe from the Big Bang to the present. Also, an extremely thorough primer on cosmology and everything related to it.
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Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars | "Ever wonder what it would look like to travel to a black hole? A neutron star? If so, you might find this page interesting." |
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NASA Homepage | The official Web site of NASA - many exhibits and resources, especially their Photo Gallery |
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Planetary Sciences | NASA's deep archive and general distribution center for lunar and planetary data and images |
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Planetary Tour | SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN takes you on a guided tour of the solar system. |
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Lunar Prospector | Collection of data from the Lunar Prospector orbiter |
| Project Galileo | Extensive collection of images and data from Jupiter |
| The Infrared Space Observatory Gallery | Images from ISO |
| THE SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY | Solar images from SOHO |
| Solar Eclipse | Solar eclipse images and information |
| Solar System Simulator
| From JPL and NASA - allows you to view any planet as seen from any other planet. |
| The Ghostliest Galaxies
| "Astronomers have found more than 1,000 low-surface-brightness galaxies over the past decade, significantly altering our views of how galaxies evolve and how mass is distributed in the universe." |
| Why is the sky dark at night? | Interesting article and program on a problem most people assume is simply answered, but really concerns some of the most fundamental problems in physics. |
| The Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page | "The purpose of this site is to introduce people not only to Comet Hale-Bopp, but to comets and astronomy in general." |
| Comet Hale-Bopp Stargazer Guide | Excellent site, full of info and pictures of the comet |
| The Astronomer Online | "All observations of astronomical interest as soon as possible after they are made" |
| SKY Online | "Home of Sky & Telescope, CCD Astronomy, SkyWatch, and the Sky Publishing Catalog
of astronomy books, star atlases, software, and much more" |
| The Hubble Deep Field | Hubble's Deepest-Ever View of the Universe |
| High Energy Astrophysics | Astronomy animations and much more |
| Astronomical Image Library | 15,000+ astro images, new images frequently added |
| The Web Nebulae | Spectacular photos of nebulae! |
| Astronomy Picture of the Day | Astronomy graphic with explanation and links! Neat! |
| Liftoff | All that's going on at NASA - up to the second! |
| 3-D Star Map
| Interesting site touches on algebra, astronomy, physics, trigonometry,
science fiction |
| Earthrise | A large, well-organized, searchable database of sometimes spectacular photos of earth taken from space |
| Biology/Life Sciences |
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| CELLS Alive | Mini-course in
microbiology using animated gifs |
| The Biology Project | "An online interactive resource for learning biology" |
| Biotech Life Science Dictionary | "Definitions to over 5700 life science terms in fields ranging from biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cellular biology and genetics - with more such fields to be added this year."
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| Biotech Articles | Essays on genetics and DNA research |
| College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry | "A hypertextbook written for first-year undergraduate physics students. It assumes that you have a working knowledge of algebra, that you are currently taking or have taken a college level course in Biology and one in Chemistry, and that you are interested in biology, chemistry or one of the health-related fields."
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| InnerBody | Interactive and educational views of the human body - with over 100 illustrations |
| Visible Human Project | From the National Library of Medicine |
| EnviroLink | Claims to be "the largest online environmental information resource on the planet" |
| Plants For A Future | Includes the Species Database. "This contains details of nearly 7000 plants, all of which are either edible, have medicinal properties or have some other use such as fibers oils or soaps." |
| The MIT Biology Hypertextbook | Complete chapters, a searchable index, and quizzes |
| The Visible Frog | Learn the anatomy of a frog, on-line lab |
| The Heart: An Online Exploration | "Explore the heart. Discover the complexities of its development and structure. Follow the blood through the blood vessels. Wander through the weblike body systems. Learn how to have a healthy heart and how to monitor your heart's health. Look back at the history of heart science." |
| The Virtual Cave | Explore a
virtual cave - impressive! |
| The Nanoworld Image Gallery | "Black and white scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy images from the material and biological worlds" - this link courtesty of Dr. Rick Swanson |
| The Museum of Paleontology | Navigate through extensive on-line exhibits and interesting information on geologic time, for instance |
| Chemistry |
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| The Learning Matters of Chemistry | Fascinating site dealing with chemistry. |
| Chemicool Periodic Table | A
graphical, in-depth periodic table of elements |
| WebElements | Another graphical,
in-depth periodic table of elements |
| BK Periodic Library | Software
- An interactive periodic table for Win95 or 3.X |
| Fun Science Links | Links to science sites (mostly chemistry) |
| Computers |
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| The Virtual Museum of Computing | The history of computing |
| 50 YEARS OF THE TRANSISTOR | Interesting, with links and photos of machines |
| History of Microcomputers | Interesting, with links and photos of machines |
| Virtual Computer Library | Links to info about computers & computing |
| Online University courses in Computer and Information
Science | On-line courses at many
universities in Computer Science. |
| How Email Works | Brief article on how email gets delivered |
| City of Bits | On-line book on
Computer culture |
| Being Digital | Selected
chapters of Nicholas Negroponte's book with some of his articles from
Wired |
| The Virtual Community | On-line book on Internet communities |
| Engineering |
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| ASEE
Clearinghouse for Engineering Education | Engineering Education Resources |
| Internet Connections for Engineering | Resources for chemistry, engineering, math, physics, or other 'hard' sciences |
 Civil Engineering & Surveying Resources | Internet resources for Civil Engineering & Surveying |
| CALCULATORS ON-LINE | Contains over 4,610 Calculators in all manner of disciplines - this link courtesty of Charlie Kerr |
| Yahoo's Engineering links | Links to many engineering resources |
| The WWW Virtual Library - Engineering Links | Massive index, intelligently organized |
| Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center | Urban planning, architecture and landscape architecture sites |
| The American Institute of Architects | Many Architecture-related links |
 Great Buildings Online | "Documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, plus commentaries, bibliographies, and web links, for famous designers and structures of all kinds" |
| Land Surveyor's Workshops | Many surveying-related books, software, HP 48 addons, video, seminars. Earn CEUs at home! |
| Popular Science |
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Discovery Channel | The Discovery
Channel Online |
| Scientific American
Online |
The great one - partially on the Web |
| National
Geographic Online |
Wonderful graphics & content, as one might expect. |
| Nova |
Internet Edition - interesting articles, based on the TV series - well designed |
| Popular Science On-line |
Articles from the print version and more |
| How Stuff Works |
How common machines and appliances work - interesting |
| the last word
| "Why is the sky blue? Why is yawning contagious? This
collection of everyday science questions and answers is drawn
from the pages of New Scientist ..."
| The Why Files | The science
behind the news. Interesting! |
| Science Hobbyist
| Interesting science related sites index
| The Time Service Dept., U.S. Naval Observatory | The official source of time used in the United States |
| Isaac Asimov Home Page | Comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) |
| Physics/Math |
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| WebPhysics
| Web Physics is an outlet for high quality, html based curricular material. Excellent Java/Javascript physics applets.
| Scientific American
| Excellent web version of a great magazine. See especially their Explorations section.
| Stephen Hawking's Universe
| Excellent companion site to the PBS program |
| The Nature of Space and Time
| Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose present their distinctive views
on the universe, its evolution and the impact of quantum theory |
| Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
| "Intended to give an ordinary person a brief overview of the importance and wonder of quantum mechanics." |
| Life in the Universe
| Links to cosmological, biological, geological, and astromonical web sites |
| Particle Adventure | Interactive introduction to the theory of fundamental particles and forces, called the Standard Model. It explores the experimental evidence and the reasons physicists want to go beyond this theory. In addition, it provides information on particle decay and a brief history section. |
| The Science of Particle Physics | From the Fermi Lab - a nice little introduction to the mysteries of particle physics |
| Physics 2000
| An Interactive Journey Through Modern Physics - even if you are not up on your physics |
| BEC Homepage | Bose-Einstein Condensation in a gas: a new form of matter at the coldest temperatures in the universe...Predicted 1924...Created 1995 |
| Contemporary Physics Education Project | Materials (charts, software, text, web resources) presenting the current understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy, incorporating the major research findings of recent years - great stuff! |
| History of Science, Technology & Medicine | From The World-Wide Web Virtual Library |
| Galileo | A site dedicated to Galileo |
| Newtonia | A site dedicated to Newton |
| Lectures on Physics concepts & the History of Physics | Excellent brief articles on interesting physical concepts and their history |
| Science for the Millennium--NCSA | Multimedia Online Expo |
| Science Online | Global weekly of science research |
| NIST Physics Laboratory | Lots of physics related reference data |
| A Walk Through Time | The evolution of
time measurement |
| ScienceNet | Questions and answers about science |
| Calculators ON-LINE | Contains over 4,610 Calculators in all manner of disciplines - this link courtesty of Charlie Kerr |
| Volcano World
| All about Volcanoes of the World - lots of information and images
| Life, the Universe and the Electron
| Learn about the electron, its properties and its occurrence in nature, how the electron was discovered in 1897, how electrons are helping us to see tiny objects and distant galaxies and more
| A Look Inside the Atom
| "Could anything at first sight seem more impractical than a
body which is so small that its mass is an insignificant fraction of the mass of an atom of
hydrogen?" -- J.J. Thomson
| Physics News Update | News about new developments in physics
| Science Update and Why Is It? | "Meeting 100% of your daily science requirement" |
| MAD Scientist Network | More
than 300 scientists at institutions around the world answer to
science questions |
| Energy Research News | Research and technologies generated by the U.S. Department of
Energy's Office of Energy Research. Interesting stuff. |
| The Franklin Institute Science
Museum | Online science museum, with
interesting InQuiry
Almanak online magazine |
| Online Exhibits Hotlist | List
of online educational exhibits & interactive learning
sites |
| American Museum of Natural History
| Interesting, educational exhibitions, nicely rendered.
| Hands-On Universe | Request observations from an automated telescope, download images from a large image archive, and analyze them with the aid of user-friendly image processing
software |
| Physics Education - Internet
Treasures | Many links to Physics
education resources |
| Physics on the Internet | Links to on-line texts & interactive courses |
| Center for History of Physics | "A mission to preserve and make known the history of modern physics and allied sciences including astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like." |
| Einstein: Image & Impact | An exhibit - well done |
| Albert Einstein Online | Many Einstein materials |
| A THEORY OF EVERYTHING? | Four articles by Dr. Michio Kaku, Prof. of Theoretical Physics at the
City College of New York: "A Theory of Everything?", "Black Holes,
Wormholes, and the 10th Dimension", "What Happened Before the
Big Bang?", and "Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through the 10th
Dimension". |
| Superstring Theory | An essay by Brian Greene at Cornell University. |
| Interactive Textbook of Chemistry, Math &
Physics | Neat site for learning
physics & math. |
| New
Scientist: Planet Science | Excellent
site |
| USGS Educational Materials List
| Many geology, geography, map related resources - including Finding Your Way with Map and Compass
| The
Internet Pilot TO Physics | "The
world's most comprehensive index to online physics
resources!" |
| The Net Advance Of Physics | Extensive electronic physics review journal |
| There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom | An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics by Richard P.
Feynman |
| NOVA ONLINE: Einstein Revealed | NOVA's web site dedicated to Einstein & his
theories |
| Albert Einstein Online | Lots
of links to Einstein sources |
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Bell's Path to the Telephone | Interesting. An example of how the simple tools of HTML can
bring a subject to life. |
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Exhibitions On-Line
| Explore exhibitions on science and technology |
| NOVA's Web Archive | Web sites
to parallel NOVA programs |
| Horizon's Web Archive | Web site
to parallel the BBC Horizon programs - interesting |
| Royal Institution Christmas Lectures | "For 168 years, the Royal Institution has been hosting its famous Christmas Lectures for Children. Over the years, the lectures have covered a huge range of scientific subjects, and have won a reputation for presenting important topics in an easy-to-understand way. The combination of wise words and daring displays seems to appeal just as much to adults as to the intended audience!
The first lecturer who began the whole tradition was the pioneer of electricity, Michael Faraday." | | Science Frontiers | "Strange science, bizarre biophysics, anomalous astronomy from the pages of the world's scientific journals" |
| Explore Science | "The web's first shocked science lab." | |
Mathematics Archives | Teaching materials, software, WWW links organized by mathematical topics, searchable database
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Maths Net | "Mathematics, education, information technology and the Internet - and some straightforward "sums" too. "
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The Prime Page | "The prime source for information about prime numbers!"
| | S.O.S. MATHematics | Materials for learning Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Differential Equations, Complex Variables, Matrix Algebra, Mathematical Tables and Formulas |
| Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles | "The purpose of this site is to serve as a resource for things, simple but curious, related to Mathematics" |
| Fermat's Last Theorem
| Finally proven after 350 years! |
| The Four Color Theorem | "This page gives a brief summary of a new proof of the Four Color Theorem and a four-coloring algorithm" |
| Merlyn for Windows | Equation editor that allows you to manipulate your equations by simply highlighting a specific term and selecting a command |
| MathSearch
| Search a collection of over 90,000 documents on English-language mathematics and
statistics servers |
| StatLib Index | "A system for distributing statistical software, datasets, and information by electronic mail, FTP and WWW" |
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Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics | "The purpose of this site is to present a small portion of the history of mathematics through an investigation of some of the great problems that have inspired mathematicians throughout the ages. Included are problems that are suitable for middle school and high school math students, with links to solutions, as well as links to mathematicians' biographies and other math history sites." |
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The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive | Many topics in history of mathematics |
| Archimedes | A collection of Archimedean miscellanea |
| Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit: Mathematics: Greek Mathematics and its Modern
Heirs | A LOC exhibit of Vatican
sources on Greek mathematics |
| Medicine & Health |
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Health News/Information in the News page |
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| Multimedia Medical Reference Library | Perhaps the largest collection of medical links |
| CANSEARCH | A Guide to Cancer Resources on the Internet, courtesy of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship |
| Outbreak | "In-depth information about emerging diseases for layperson & health professional, a world-wide database about disease outbreaks." |
| Journal of the American Medical Association | Articles from the JAMA |
| US National Library of Medicine | Links to health information |
| National Institutes of Health - Health Information | More links to health information |
| Best Bets for Health and Medicine | Resources for Health Professionals |
| HealthAtoZ | A medical-only search engine with a massive directory |
| CPR - You Can Do It | The basics of CPR |
| OMNI - Medical and Biosciences Gateway | British medical database |
| Medical World Search | Medical search engine: articles medical journals, definitions, images and case studies |
| HMS Beagle | The latest biomedical news, articles, and debates. Included games, a library, biomedical job-openings. |
| PharmInfoNet | Many annotated links to pharmaceutical information |
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