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physics [plural noun usually treated as singular]
1. the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. 2. the physical properties and phenomena of something. DERIVATIVES
physicist, noun.
- ORIGIN Latin physica ‘natural things’.
This page provides links to information and resources for units and topics covered in this subject at a range of Australian universities. It does not attempt to include all these. Be aware some units/topics have different titles in different universities, even though content may be the same or similar. Australian information is supplied wherever possible.
They are at undergraduate level and listed in alphabetical groupings for ease of access. Some information may be useful at a higher level.
In addition, there are journals, search engines, annual reviews, reference material and other general information where these are seen to be relevant.
Additional unit material will be included as time permits. Ask an Expert links are now found here.
If you are aware of any worthwhile information which is not included, suggestions or additions are welcome and will be given every consideration.
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Annual Reviews
Access reviews of research and discovery [abstracts, full text, PDF]. The beginning decade is with each link.
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
[1960s] - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
[1960s] - Annual Review of Materials Research
[1970s] - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
[1950s]
Fluid Mechanics
- Fluid Dynamics
Overview, history, miscellaneous topics such as Viscous v. Inviscid Flows, Potential Flows, applications, links, more. - Fluid Mechanics
Tutorials, calculators, links, gallery, more. - Fluid Mechanics : An Overview
- Fluid Mechanics Demonstrations
29 Fluid Mechanics demonstrations. Most with brief descriptions, diagrams. - Fluid Mechanics Links
A vast collection grouped in 17 directories from Aerodynamics to Research Groups, Education to Wind Tunnels. Compiled by a professor at Saskatchewan University, Canada. - Fluid Mechanics Problems, Solutions, Notes, Basics, Help, Tutorials
Links section particularly strong, with titles but no annotations. - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Online, updated version of the book by Nakayama and Boucher. Downloadable in chapter form, PDF or Text. - The Journal of Fluid Mechanics
‘A repository of every single article published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics between 1956 and 1996. Articles reproduced as high-resolution PDFs, and the archive is fully searchable’.
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General Sites
- Amusement Park Physics
How the laws of physics impact on amusement park rides. - Cramster Physics Solutions
‘Global online study community centered on providing understanding to math questions whether it’s related to homework, exam preparation or general learning’. Based on specific textbooks used, leading to related solutions. Other resources. - Educational Pages : Joe Wolfe
A large collection of links that cover specific areas as well as different levels. All have some relation to Physics. - Eric Weisstein’s World of Physics
Astrophysics, Electromagnetism, Experimental Physics, Fluid Mechanics, History, Modern Physics, Mechanics, Optics, States of Matter, Thermodynamics, Units and Dimensional Analysis & Wave Motion. - Perpetual Motion & Free Energy Machines
Discussion and links to further information about these “scientifically impossible”, but still being touted, machines. - Physics 2000
‘Interactive journey through modern physics ! Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices’. Einstein’s Legacy, Atomic Lab, Science Trek, more. Includes applets. - Physics 24/7 Physics Homework Help From Experts
Wealth of assistance in all Physics areas. Includes these Free sections : ‘Our Physics Tutorial; our Physics Study Skills Articles. Students and teachers also benefit from our collection of Free self-correcting Physics quizzes’. Primarily covers secondary levels. - Physlink
Links to third party sites and some to specialist societies. - The Laws List
‘The laws list is a list of various laws, rules, principles and other related topics in physics and astronomy’.
History of Physics
- Centre for The History of Physics
‘Preserves and makes known the history of modern physics and allied fields’. Catalogues, resources. Their Links page is very good. Archives include visual presentations. - History Exhibits
‘Exhibits and other online resources for history of physics and allied fields’. Many downloadable. - The Net Advance of Physics
Review Articles and Tutorials in an Encyclopaedic Format. MIT. Covers general links, links to specific fields and famous experiments. Most available in a variety of formats for downloading.
Highly Recommended ! - Physics in Australia to 1945
‘Bibliography and Biographical Register. Search for a name or term, or browse alphabetically by name’.
Journals & Magazines
- American Journal of Physics
Browse 42 years of issues. You need to subscribe to search the articles. Purchase articles. - APS Research Journals online
Journals to newsletters. All are Fee-based. ‘All users may freely browse the tables of contents for current and previous issues, published abstracts, and an advance listing of accepted papers scheduled for upcoming issues’. - Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics
‘Open access journal for theoretical physics’. All issues available online. - Full Text Physics Journals
‘Physics-related Journals, which are freely available on the net’. - Journal of Applied Physics
Current Issue, other online issues, Free sample issue. - New Journal of Physics
‘The open-access journal for physics’. - New Scientist
Online magazine keeping you up to date with what is happening in science. - Physics Journals
Well annotated listing from World Scientific. 29 listed at last check. - Physics Links
First two sections provide links to Preprints and Abstracts and to Journals Online. - Physics Today
‘Daily physics news and research source’. - Research Journal of Physics
Abstracts, Fulltext PDF, References.
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Physicists
General Sites
- Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
‘Archive presenting and documenting some important and original contributions made before 1976 by 20th century women’. Directories covering area of contribution. - Distinguished Women of Past and Present : Physics
Grouped as born before or during the 20th century. Links to recommended books. - Nobel Prize Laureates
Main index to all winners with full biographies and descriptions of their work.
Individuals
- Bohr, Neils
His Nobel information. - Boyle, Robert
Biography, online manuscripts, researcher’s area, teacher’s area, what’s new, more. - Curie, Marie
Brief history of her and her work and presents an exhibit. Can be downloaded. - Einstein, Albert
Links on the man and his works. - Faraday, Michael
Scientific achievements, public service, selected writing, quotations, references, biography, other links. From Wikipedia. - Feynman, Richard P.
Links on the man and his works. Biography, videos, quotes. - Galileo, The Galileo Project
‘The life and work of Galileo Galilei [1564-1642]. Our aim is to provide hypertextual information about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels of expertise’. - Hawking, Stephen
Quantum physicist and a man considered to be one of the finest scientific brains alive. - Heisenberg, Werner and the Uncertainty Principle
His history and information on the Uncertainty Principle. -
Huygens, Christiaan
Scientist of the Dutch Golden Age. His inventions and discoveries in astronomy, physics and mathematics revolutionized 17th century science. An extensive biography can also be found at Huygens biography. - Kelvin
Text article, bibliography, links. - Isaac Newton Resources
‘There are already many excellent and informative Web sites and books about Newton, so rather than duplicate those, we have put together a guide to some of the places, both real and virtual, where you can find out more’. - Planck, Max
Biography, life, work, personality. - Rutherford, Ernest
Biography, milestones, bibliography, books, more. - Sakharov, Andrei
‘Soviet physicist who became, in the words of the Nobel Peace Committee, a spokesman for the conscience of mankind. He was fascinated by fundamental physics and cosmology, but first he spent two decades designing nuclear weapons’.
Quantum Physics
- Graduate Course : Quantum Physics
‘A complete set of lecture notes for a graduate quantum mechanics course. Topics covered include fundamentals of quantum mechanics, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and scattering. Richard Fitzpatrick [University of Texas]’. - Quantum Physics
Article with related information. - Quantum Physics Online
‘A set of interactive Java applets illustrating various aspects of quantum physics through simulations and animations’. - Quantum Physics Links
BUBL entry for links to physics. -
Sources for History of Quantum Physics
Directories of information and links. - Visual Quantum Mechanics
‘Instructional units that introduce quantum physics to high school and college students who do not have a background in modern physics or higher level maths’.
Relativity
- Alice Law
Discover special and general relativity with this program that can be downloaded or read online. - Einstein Light
University of New South Wales. Scientific American described it as ‘the finer points of relativity in less time than it takes to eat a sandwich’. Galileo, Maxwell, Einstein, Time Dilation, E=mc². Includes film clips, animations, links, multimedia, more.
Absolutely Brilliant !
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String Theory
- An Introduction to String Theory
‘Talk by Steuard Jensen, 11 February 2004’. Fascinating. - The Second Superstring Revolution
6 sections including basics, brief history, the second revolution, more. - M-theory
From Wikipedia. ‘In physics, M-theory [sometimes also called U-theory] is put forward as the master theory that unifies the five superstring theories’. Embedded and external links, text presentation. - M-theory, The Theory Formerly Known as Strings
Cambridge University. Discussion, links to related sections. Download in PDF format. - String Theory [Wikipedia]
Overview, basic properties, gauge-gravity duality, problems, controversy, history, popular culture, references, further reading, links. - Superstrings !
‘Online introduction to superstring theory, which is the leading candidate for the theory of all fundamental interactions in the universe’. Introduction, tutorial, references, glossary, links. - Superstrings ! String Basics
Very simple introduction from UCSB. - The Elegant Universe
‘Eleven dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It’s not science fiction, it’s string theory’. Articles, interviews, slide shows, interactive presentations, resources. - What is String Theory ?
Brief introduction covering all relevant points, followed by annotated links to further, more detailed information.
Textbooks
- Check the Textbooks page for a listing of textbooks available for Free, online or in downloadable format.
- Sparknotes
54 study guides covering Physics. - Libri del Gruppo
Books in Italian and English. English include Fluid Mechanics, Foundations, and Aspects of the Ergodic, Qualitative and Statistical Theory of Motion. - Wiley InterScience : Physics & Astronomy
Books, journals, databases, more.
Tools
Includes software, creations, virtual laboratories, … .
- Elmer
‘Open source, multiphysical simulation software developed by CSC. Elmer includes physical models of fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, electromagnetics, heat transfer and acoustics, for example. These are described by partial differential equations which Elmer solves by the Finite Element Method’. - Sodaplay
Create a two dimensional creature and see how you can make it move.
Tutorials
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ARC Links
Find Physics links by selecting Links > Natural Sciences > Physics & Astronomy. Then select from the listing provided. -
Astronomy
Links to tutorials, also tests, quizzes, etc.. - Britney Spears Guide to Semiconductor Physics …
Edge Emitting Lasers and VCSELs. Learn physics.
Not a joke ! - Cosmology Tutorial, Ned Wright’s
‘Cosmology is the study of the origin, current state, and future of our Universe. This field has been revolutionized by many discoveries made during the past century. My cosmology tutorial is an attempt to summarize these discoveries’. - Learn Physics Today : Online Physics Tutorial
University of Pennsylvania. Online textbook format. - Online Tutorial Resources
Scroll to the Physics’ section [right column]. - Physclips
‘Learning and reference tools for students and resources for teachers. The level is approximately that of introductory university or advanced high school. Each chapter includes a multimedia tutorial, with interactive control, which gives a brief overview. Hyperlinks provided within and at the ends of the tutorial link to broader and deeper discussions. The individual film clips, animations, diagrams and photos are Freely available as downloads for teachers and designers, either individually or in a compressed file’. - Physics Help
‘These links take you directly to tutorials on the topics mentioned’. Probably most suited to secondary level. - Physics Forums
Also includes Mathematics. Links to blogs. Ask a question, get feedback. Multiple forums. - Science Animations Movies & Interactive Tutorial
Links. All areas of science. Select the Physics link. - WolframAlpha
‘Contains information on gravitational and Ohm’s Law computations, particle properties, diffraction patterns, centripetal accelerations, solar masses, physical constants and much more’. There are also links to other subject areas via the menu on the left.