Physics

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Other

Publications

• Physics Today online
• National Academy Press – great online science publications
• Physics Review Letters FOCUS:  a few articles explained for undergrads each week
• UMIST physics preprints
  XXX=Los Alamos unrefereed e-print archives
  American Journal of Physics by the AAPT

• Encyclopedia of A&A: 
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• High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
• Harvard/NASA Astrophysics data system (ADS)
  Encyclopedia of Astronomy (user = evergreen, pw =astro )
• Solar News
• Astrophysical Journal (Springer) (U. Chicago)
• Ap J web-based peer review system
• Space Science News
• Peculiar Newsletter (on Ap – Cp stars)

• Sciencexpress
• Electronic Science Journals from Energy Science News
• Geophysics journals
  Annals of Improbable Research (awards the annual Ig Noble Prizes)
• Energy Research (ER) News online
• American Math Society Reviews
• “way cool” Global Warming site by IPCC

Groups

• Fusion research at General Atomic: D III D
• Fusion news from Division of Plasmas Physics, Nov.99
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Plasma Physics
• Los Alamos:  fusion 
• Pacific Northwest National Lab and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab
• University of Washington-Seattle Plasma Physics
• Washington State University Physics

• Global Oscillations Network Group = GONG
  Montana State University Solar Physics group
• University of Arizona:  Solar News
• AAS Solar Physics Division
• NRL’s Solar Theory and Terrestrial Relationships
• ASP = Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  Astronomical League Messier Binocular Club
• Lake Afton Public Observatory
• MOST (Canada) and MONS (Denmark) proposal
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
• Iowa State University Astronomy and Physics and the Whole Earth Telescope
• Rattlesnake Mountain Observatory and AASTA
• University of Washington-Seattle
  • Astronomy and Manastash Ridge Observatory(schedule) Los Alamos Stellar Pulsation discussions
  • Washington State University Astronomy
• Hands-On Universe at Lawrence Berkeley Lab
• AAVSO
• Project ASTRO and Astro-Seattle
• SOHOand sohowww
• Harlow Shapley visiting lecturer program 

• Energy.com
  • University of Washington-Seattle Geophysics
• www.PBS.org

Research

• La Nina and larger weather patterns, from NASA
• Geodynamo by Gary Glatzmaier
• Helicity – Mitch Berger

• Sounds and motions of variable stars, from ISU
• animations of stars by  Guenther
• HAARP and Ionosphere
• Washington Space Grant
• Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission
  • Helioseismology by Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
  • Heleioseismology by VIRGO

Tools

• Free pde solver
• Physics Toys and Edmunds Scientific
• Quantum experiments
• Force Concept Inventory
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• Kaler’s online observatory!
• Celestial Products
• Stargazer Telescopes
• Radio Jove
• Calendar generator and another
• Starry Night planetarium shareware is available at www.downloads.com:  click on education, then science, then search for Starry Night
• YourSky online Planetarium
• IRAF users manuals
• Astronomical Pocket Diary
• CCD cameras
• Uranometria sky charts
• Abrams Sky Watcher’s Diary and Sky Calendar
• UW Seattle astro tools
• SkyWatch
• The Night Sky in April
• calculate the Sun’s angle and position

• HTML equations by Stef
• LATEX help from NASA
• Evaluating web pages
• LaTex on Linux info

Education

• Peer Instruction (PI) and Project Galileo at Harvard
• Physics Applets from Walter Fendt
• Modern physics from UC Boulder
• Interactive Physics Quizzes
• Radiative Transfer lecture notes

• Sun-Earth curricula from Berkeley  and NASA
• NASA primer on solar space environment
• Stellar science curriculum by Stanford
• SOHO explorations:  curricula from NASA
• Portnoy’s Puzzles:  one-body fix for lost sub
• Lunar phase workshops by Molnar
• CLEA=Contemporary Laboratory Experience in Astronomy: computer activities you can download
• Discovering the Universe: online supplements to Kaufmann text
• Astronomy online from MCLA
• Fundamentals of Astronomy by Mark Sonntag from Angelo State University

• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
• Earth in the Classroom
• TERCworks:  Earth and space science curricula
• Math Animations for kids
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Resources

• NSF proposal prep
• NSF deadlines and AST page
• Summer fellowships at PNNL
• Women in Physics
  Minorities in Physics

• NASA Proposer guidelines
• Women in Astronomy
  Minorities in Astronomy

• Evergreen Science and Math students Events and Opportunities
• Chautauqua NSF short courses
• Scientific American Job Search

Info

• Princeton plasma dictionary
• Hubble Constant homepage
• Physical Sciences Resource Center PSRC
• UCLA’s Women In Physics site
• Scientists
• Fusion advisory committee Interim report, Aug. 99

• Skylights and Star of the week, by Jim Kaler
• Astronomy Online, by Ricky Leon Murphy
• Larry Freeman‘s astronomy and navigation page
• Solar events from Stanford
• space weather from NASA
• Andrea’s astronomy links
• Planets about other stars?
• ABC reports from the Jan.1998 AAS meeting: Light bending, Omega,Background radiation…
• Helium Rain on Jupiter
• SAAA favorite astronomy links
• Basic Facts about magnetic fields in space (Michigan)
• Women in Astronomy
• Space.com

• Publishers:  Saunders, Addison Wesley, who
• Exchange email
• Loan calculator
• 1989 blackout due to CME:
  • NASA info
  • AGU article
  • data
  • Effects by NAS
  • Cool summaries

Politics, 

Meetings