We want the links on this page to be useful. If they are not, let us know and suggest your own favourites. They are set out in four sections – the links used in the last few articles of Physics Online, the links suggested in the most recent feature articles, links to good physics sites and those of interest to physicists and finally, links useful for teachers.

1. Physics online

February 2016: Video and audio explanations

http://www.physicsworld.com/cws/Landing/100secondscience.do
http://www.tinyurl.com/orkvydt
http://www.tinyurl.com/nkyd3lw
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/
http://www.tinyurl.com/otth9pc
http://www.tinyurl.com/njl7e6n
http://www.tinyurl.com/owap73c
http://www.tinyurl.com/oxuconw
http://www.tinyurl.com/oy8lpek
http://www.tinyurl.com/omfg9o3
http://www.tinyurl.com/ogrs846
http://www.tinyurl.com/mqt9njm
http://www.tinyurl.com/kstp5gr

November 2015: The Hubble space telescope

http://www.hubble25th.org
http://www.tinyurl.com/pzrl6tx
http://www.space.com/15665-edwin-powell-hubble.html
http://www.tinyurl.com/q4dch3j
http://www.time.com/3889335/hubble-telescope-first-photo/
http://www.tinyurl.com/nfgqh7m
http://science.howstuffworks.com/hubble1.htm
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=24963
http://www.tinyurl.com/o4ravxu
http://www.hubblesite.org
http://www.spacetelescope.org
http://www.tinyurl.com/pua9jna

September 2015: Silver

http://www.bullionvault.com/gold-news/silver-use-103020132
http://www.geology.com/articles/uses-of-silver/
http://www.tinyurl.com/kdtwpup
http://www.tinyurl.com/2aj7mgy
http://www.tinyurl.com/kqzuv4d
http://www.cambrios.com/pdf/AEIAug_29-31.pdf
http://www.tinyurl.com/ydqamwk
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/silverthread-conductive-thread-10m-n36dd
http://www.tinyurl.com/ntl5u4u
http://www.tinyurl.com/opf4phw
http://www.tinyurl.com/mschanu
http://www.tinyurl.com/mse6y43
http://www.themoneyconverter.com/GBP/AUD.aspx

April 2015: Orders of magnitude

http://www.htwins.net/scale2/
http://www.mathsrevision.net/gcse-maths-revision/number/standard-form
http://www.tinyurl.com/o9fz4nl
http://www.public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/orders.html
http://tinyurl.com/7xwqb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhofN1xX6u0
http://tinyurl.com/pc7or4n
http://www.tufts.edu/as/physics/courses/physics5/estim_97.html
http://tinyurl.com/kplmjuh
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/fermi/fermi.htm

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2. Links in recent articles

February 2016

Experiments with radioactivity http://www.tinyurl.com/nzb45un
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy
http://www.cleapss.org.uk/download/L93.pdf

November 2015

Tsunami: what gives the waves their power? http://www.tinyurl.com/opeajar
Experiments with light http://www.tinyurl.com/lydn2x4
Helium-3: the answer to our power needs? https://launch.lunarmissionone.com

September 2015

Supersonic skydive http://www.redbullstratos.com
http://www.tinyurl.com/pj9xf64
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoHArAzdug
Georg Simon Ohm 1789-1854 http://www.sizes.com/units/ohm.htm
Trojan asteroids http://www.tinyurl.com/qx592hj
http://www.tinyurl.com/m7hudxl

April 2015

The world of exoplanets http://kepler.nasa.gov
Worldly wobbles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession
http://www.haystack.mit.edu/geo/science/earth
Testing tough http://www.safeship.ca/page7.php
http://www.sozogaku.com/fkd/en/cfen/CB1011020.html
James Prescott Joule 1818-89 http://www.tinyurl.com/b9gdggq

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3. Other sites for physicists

Here’s a really useful website – great links, fun sites, careers, site of the month, common questions, equations and formulae – it’s all happening at: http://www.physics.org/
Want to know about things scientific or curious about scientific events in the press or on TV? Look them up at: http://science.howstuffworks.com/
This physics textbook is still being written, so not everything is there, but what there is, is good: http://hypertextbook.com/physics/
   
Get advice and information on your AS and A2 exams:
AQA: http://www.aqa.org.uk/
Edexel: http://www.edexcel.org.uk/home/
OCR: http://www.ocr.org.uk/
There are questions and answers about exams and examining at: http://www.qca.org.uk/7184_7234.html
Want some help with revision? Try the home page of S-cool: http://www.s-cool.co.uk/default.asp
or go straight to the AS and A2 physics page: http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=68&d=0
   
See what’s happening at large international laboratories and observatories:
ESA home page: http://www.esa.int
NASA home page: http://www.nasa.gov
European Southern Observatory: http://www.eso.org
CERN: http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html
   
Up to date science news and articles of current interest at: http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
Read the reviews of popular science books and explore the links at: http://www.popularscience.co.uk
News, links, projects, articles and everything else from the USA at: http://www.physicscentral.com/
   
The best Solar System site on the web is at: http://www.nineplanets.org/
Who can resist looking at Hubble Space Telescope pictures? http://hubblesite.org/
Every day something new – the astronomy picture of the day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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4. For teachers

The Institute of Physics supports physicists at all stages of their education and career: http://www.iop.org
Science Learning Centres provide high quality continuing professional development for everyone involved in science education: http://www.sciencelearningcentres.org.uk/
Investigate the world of physics – news, books, topical articles, physics search engine: http://www.physpy.com/phySpy-Production/Welcome.do
Need some help with practical physics? Get suggestions, experimental details, teaching notes, where to obtain apparatus, how to build it etc. from: http://www.practicalphysics.org
Look at the latest articles and news items in Physics World: http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/
We are impressed by the scope and depth of this people’s encyclopaedia. Some of us have even contributed to it! http://www.wikipedia.org/

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