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.
February 2016 |
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Experiments with radioactivity | http://www.tinyurl.com/nzb45un https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachytherapy http://www.cleapss.org.uk/download/L93.pdf |
November 2015 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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/ |