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Physics Links


This webpage is designed to help you find on-line information about the topics you are studying in Physics. Click on the 'Jump' button next to the topic you want to learn more about.

 
Topic Giancoli, Edition 3 Giancoli, Edition 4
Physics In General Entire Book Entire Book
Kinematics Ch. 2, 3 Ch. 2, 3
Circular Motion & Gravity Ch. 5 Ch. 5
Work And Energy Ch. 6 Ch. 6
Linear Momentum Ch. 7 Ch. 7
Rotational Motion Ch. 8 Ch. 8
Statics Ch. 9 Ch. 9
Fluids Ch. 10 Ch. 10
SHM & SHO Ch. 11 Ch. 11
Sound Ch. 11, 12 Ch. 11, 12
Light & Optics Ch. 11, 23, 24 Ch. 11, 23, 24, 25
Ideal Gas Law Ch. 13 Ch. 13
Heat & Thermodynamics Ch. 13, 14, 15 Ch. 13, 14, 15
Electricity Ch. 16, 17, 18, 19 Ch. 16, 17, 18, 19
Magnetism Ch. 20 Ch. 20
Electromagnetism Ch. 21, 22 Ch. 21, 22
Quantum Theory & The Atom Ch. 27, 28, 29, 32 Ch. 27, 28, 29, 32
Nuclear Physics & Radioactivity Ch. 30, 31 Ch. 30, 31
Astrophysics & Cosmology Ch. 33 Ch. 33
Relativity Ch. 26 Ch. 26

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Physics In General

Yahoo! - Science:Physics
An index of physics related websites and resources on the net.

Physics Humor Links
An index of physics joke pages.

Physics Around The World
An extremely complicated and well organized index of world-wide physics resources.

Physics FAQ of University of New South Wales, Australia
Frequently asked questions and answers about physics. For instance, does antimatter fall up or down?

The Nobel Laureates in Physics, 1901-Present
A list in reverse chronological order of the award winners with brief biographical information and a description of the discovery.

Brown University's Physics News
A frequently updated bulletin of recent happenings in physics.

TIPTOP: The Pilot to Physics
Perhaps the most comprehensive resource on the Internet for aspiring physicists.

Interactive Textbook for University of Pennsylvania
A very thorough calculus and physics textbook, designed for University of Penn. students.

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Kinematics

Projectile Motion
A Java applet that allows you to launch projectiles with user defined variables.

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Circular Motion & Gravity

Coriolis and centrifugal forces
A Java applet that allows you to run an experiment concerning coriolis and centrifugal forces.

The Kepler Problem
This Java applet allows you to run an experiment concerning two orbital bodies.

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Work & Energy

 

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Linear Momentum

Elastic Collisions
A Java applet that allows you control the collision of two point masses, and observe the conservation of energy and momentum.

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Rotational Motion

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Statics

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Fluids

Chuck's Fluid Page
Information about fluid experiments done at Lehigh University. Nice pictures.

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Simple Harmonic Motion & Simple Harmonic Oscillators

Damped Mass-on-a-spring Java Applet
This Java applet allows you to interactively control the variables in a F=-kx spring experiment.

The Damped Harmonic Oscillator
A Java applet that allows you to interactively control the variables in a damped harmonic oscillator experiment.

The Simple Plane Pendulum
This Java applet allows you to run a simple pendulum experiment.

Wave Interference
Animation of Interference Pattern Formed by Two Points Sources.

Circular Motion & Simple Harmonic Motion
A java applet demonstrating the relationship between circular motion and SHM.

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Sound

G.Tek Cyber School - Sounds
An interactive question-and-answer site.

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Light & Optics

Physics For The Normal Person
Lots of interesting stuff about holograms, including an on-line hologram pattern generator.

The Thick Lense
Java applet demonstrating the focal point of a thick lense.

The Convex Lense
Java applet demonstrating real and virtual images.

The Concave Lense
Java applet demonstrating images seen through a concave lense.

The Rainbow
Jave applet demonstrating the rainbow.

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Ideal Gas Law

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Heat & Thermodynamics

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Electricity

The Electron's 100th Birthday
This Central Michigan University website celebrates the electron and the 100 year anniversary of it's discovery.

G.Tek Cyber School - Electrostatics
An interactive question-and-answer site.

Electric Field
A java applet demonstrating electric fields.

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Magnetism

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Electromagnetism

Charged Particle Motion In An Electromagnetic Field
This Java applet lets you interactively control the variables in an E/M experiment.

Motion In An Electromagnetic Field
This is a Java applet that lets you interactively control the variable in an E/M experiment.

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Quantum Theory & The Atom

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
This is a Java applet that demonstrates an experiment involving Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.

Atomic Physics On The Internet
A very thorough index of atomic physics resources on The Internet.

Neutral Sodium Trap @ MIT
A study of ultra-cold atoms and Bose-Einstein condensation.

Particle Adventure
An interactive tour of the inner workings of the atom.

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Nuclear Physics & Radioactivity

Nuclear Physics
A thorough explanation of nuclear physics and it's applications.

Radioactive Decay Calculator
Enter information about your particular isotype, the calculator will tell you how long it is expected to live.

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Astrophysics & Cosmology

Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service
A searchable database of over 160,000 astronomical abstracts.

Commonly Used Astrophysics Acronyms
A list of commonly used astrophysics acronyms.

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Relativity

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Last Updated: Wednesday, May 28, 1997, by Jared Yaffe