Peruse a comprehensive glossary provided by the Accelerator Division Operations Department at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory.
Integrated Environmental Management, with several US offices, provides answers to questions on radiation and radioactivity. Follow the links.
Discover the forces behind the fun of riding a roller coaster, carousel, bumper cars, free fall, and pendulum, and read about ride safety.
Lengthy glossary defines frequently misused or misunderstood terms, and provides links between terms for further clarification.
Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico provides a comprehensive archive of printed physics materials. Use the many search tools.
Find laws, rules, principles, and experiments related to physics and astronomy. Search the alphabetical directory for the appropriate topic.
Search the archive for research papers in mathematical physics, courtesy of a free service. Abstracts and papers date from 1991 to the present.
Offers a detailed definition of the theory, including whose work it is based on.
Browse a scientific explanation and links related to this theory in physics that states systems can be equivalents of each other, or symmetrical.
Learn about a physical phenomenon which occurs when certain types of matter become ionized.
Read a definition of this physics and engineering concept. Follow links to related articles.
Outlines the characteristics of this form of energy, and discusses the different particles which manifest themselves as radiation.
Elucidation of the particles and rays emitted in the process of atomic decay is accompanied by diagrams illustrating key concepts.
Explains a physical principle in which an object returns to its initial state after being disturbed by an external influence.
Elaborates this overarching set of physical principles which form the basis for much of modern research in elementary particle physics.
Introduces a field of physics that deals with the behavior of complex systems of moving particles.
Defines a state in which substances remain in liquid form below the temperature at which they would normally freeze.
Explains the principles behind this tendency of fluids to pull inward and assume the most compact size possible.
Contains plasma physics formulas from the Naval Research Laboratories, with several formats available. Browse the table of contents.
National Space Science Data Center features this searchable database consisting of one-hour-resolution near-earth heliosphere data.
Find a directory of links to neutrino experiments, underground facilities and solar models.
Study this necessary reference for physicists everywhere, and list elements by atomic number, name or symbol.
Visit this center for a variety of resources, and check out the science job market. See what's new and old, or view curriculum materials.
University of Colorado provides an interactive tour through modern physics. Includes sections on Einstein and 20th-century lab experiments.
Scroll through this resource for Web versions research papers on a variety of physics and mathematics topics.
Reference covers selected physics subjects at the university level. Browse such topics as thermodynamics and quantum.
Find links to the Scientific American, Mars Pathfinder, discovery of the electron, X-rays and lots of other information related to physics.
Features a lengthy alphabetical index of almost 500 current experiments, with links to other databases.
Download a copy of this book in .pdf format, to help students learn about the exciting world of physics.
Learn about antimatter, the Big Bang, black holes, quarks, quasars and planetary motion from "Stephen Hawking's Universe."
National Taiwan Normal University presents resources for a range of physics topics from reaction time measurements to projectile motion.
Secondary-school students designed this interactive tool for both students and teachers. Run the various simulations.