GTC Library Subject Guide
Physics
- Astronomy/Space Science
- General Resources
- General Physics
- Optics
- Particle Physics/Quantum Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
Astronomy/Space Science
- Atlas of Mars
- Brazil - National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
- Clementine Lunar Mapping Mission Access over 1.8 million images from the Clementine Lunar mapping mission launched in January 1994. Information about the Clementine space probe.
- Europe - European Space Agency (ESA) (European Space Information System)
- European Southern Observatory Provides data and images of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact with Jupiter plus details of the ESO observatory and its projects.
- France - Centre d'Études et de Recherches de Toulouse (CERT) (installation of ONERA)
- Galileo Mission to Jupiter
- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Searchable database of names within the Solar System from the U.S. Geological Survey Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, updated frequently.
- History of Space Exploration
- Liftoff to Space Exploration
- NASA Space Shuttle Small Payloads Info Information about the NASA Space Shuttle small payloads programs.
- NASA/JPL Imaging Radar Home Page - The latest mission results from two flights of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (April and October, 1994), in which the Space Radar Laboratory successfully imaged sites around the world.
- Netherlands - National Aerospace Laboratory (NRL)
- The Nine Planets A Multimedia tour of our Solar System.
- Science for the Millennium Technological advances in exploration of the universe from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois.
- Views of the Solar System - A pictorial tour of the solar system from the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Web Nebulae Images and information on types of Nebulae.
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General Resources
- American Institute of Physics
- Cornell Maths and Science Gateway - Mathematics and Science Education, this Gateway provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12.
- Discover Magazine
- ELSI in Science - Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Science.
- Essays on Science and Society Essays on science and its influence on society.
- National Academy Press Reading Room: Complete full-text and full-image books on-line. Good source of information for the sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
- New Journal of Physics, a peer-reviewed physics e-journal
- Physics News
- PhysLink: The Ultimate Physics Resource
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Public Information from the American Institute of Physics
Includes Physics News, Physics News Update, and Physics News Review. Keep track of new research in physics here.
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General Physics
- Crystallography Worldwide
- NIST Physical Reference Data
- Physics 2000: An Interactive Tutorial (University of Colorado)
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Physics of Fluids
Online Journal from the American Institute of Physics - Stephen Hawking's Universe
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Optics
- Frank DeFreitas Holography Studio - Learn about the science of lasers, holograms and optics.
- Light and Optics (University of Illinois)
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Particle Physics/Quantum Mechanics
- CERN: European Laboratory for Higher Energy Physics
- Fermilab: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- High Energy Physics at the University of Chicago
- Online Particle Physics Information (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
- Particle Data Group
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center