Hot Topics in Physics
CSSM QCD Visualisations
Discover the Origin of Mass. Take a tour of the world of quarks and gluons. See Colour Images of Quark Eigenmodes. Explore our Collection of QCD Animations. Imagine the Orion Supercomputer on Your Desk
The Origin of Inertia
Throughout the 1990's a small group of researchers built up a body of work that suggested that mass may not actually exist, and inertia may be a consequence of the way accelerating objects interact with quantum fluctuations in "empty" space. This site gives an overview of their theories and points to sources of further information.
Lunar Prospector Home Page
The Lunar Prospector is the first NASA mission to the moon in 25 years. It will map the entire Lunar surface, providing information about its composition, and in particular whether water exists on its surface. Locally available water will make possible an increased human presence on the moon.
The Particle Adventure
A graphic and animated introduction to nature's subatomic structure. Learn about the Standard Model of Nuclear and Particle Physics, and get aquainted with the fundamental forces.
Answer Physics Questions
All are invited to suggest solutions, from high-school students to post-doctoral researchers. A new problem every month.
Stephen Hawking's Universe
Check out "Strange Stuff Explained" and "Things To Do In the Dark" which includes black hole simulations.
Hubble Sees a Neutron Star Alone in Space
Neutron stars are normally only seen by radio telescopes as pulsars. This is the first neutron star ever seen with an optical telescope.
Einstein: Image and Impact
An exhibition from the American Institute of Physics, covering the life of this century's most famous scientist. Discusses both his scientific and political work.
The 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Electron
How Thompson's investigation of cathode rays led to the discovery of the first fundamental particle.
Contributions to Physics by 20th Century Women
The American Physical Society's archive of important female physicists, such as Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Helen Quinn and Magda Ericson.
Photographs From The Anglo-Australian Observatory
Spectacular colour photos and a description of the techniques used to produce them. This page also contains information on the equipment available at the AAO.
Astronomical Images from the ATNF
Radio pictures from the Australia Telescope National Facility
History of Mathematics archive
Includes short biographies of many famous physicists, from ancient times to today. Also has an index of famous curves.
4000 years of Women in Science
Biographies for over 125 leading women in science.
The Net Advance of Physics
Review articles, tutorials and papers at a range of levels.
Basic Physics with Java
Quick Basic, Visual Basic and Java code to perform physics calculations in areas such as classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and optics.
Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
A reference to a wide variety of ideas in modern and classical physics.
Physics 2000
An interesting educational site that provides (among other things) a guided tour of the ideas behind modern physics, that demonstrates how discoveries in fundamental physics led to the amazing technologies of today. From the University of Colorado. Take the Science Trek tour! But beware, some of the of Java scripts may take a while to load.
Playground Physics
A useful resource for teachers, this site lists experiments assigned to final-year high school students to study the principles of motion and learn about data analysis using playground equipment and homemade catapaults.
Universe Today
Space news from around the internet, updated every weekday.
New Scientist's guide to the quantum world
Excerpts from a book guiding you through the basic ideas of quantum physics in an easy-to-follow up-to-date manner.
Chaos theory at the University of Maryland
The homepages of the Chaos Group at the University of Maryland at College Park. Includes a gallery of pictures and animations, as well as papers, research interests, and background to various fields of chaos theory.
Conversion factors
This page automatically converts a wide range of quantities (area, corrosion rates, entropy, heat capacity, etc) between various units.
Physics Central
Learn how your world works - pages run by the American Physical Society.
Interactive Physics with Math and Java
Contains a large catalogue of java scripts which plot functions, illustrate the motion of pendulums, the principles by which lasers work, simple electrical circuits - a great teaching resource!
The nine (...actually eight) planets: A tour of the solar system
Find out why pluto is no longer a planet in this site dedicated to the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge regarding each of the planets and moons in our solar system. This site is very large, with a lot of useful information.
The Magazine Rack
QuarksUnBound
The latest brochure from the American Physical Society's Division of Particles and Fields.
PhysicsWeb
The Web site for physicists - from the Institute of Physics Publishing.
Latest physics news from AIP
A summary of last week's advances, from the American Institute of Physics.
Latest quark news from AIP
A search for news articles about quarks, from the American Institute of Physics.
NOVA - Physics in the news in Australia
Explores the physics involved in current issues.
New Scientist
Excerpts from this leading weekly magazine, including a searchable jobs archive.
CERN Courier
An up-to-date and information packed site, from the Journal of High-Energy Physics at CERN
COSMOS Magazine
Popular science magazine, which treats the field as a part of culture. Includes back issues, selected articles and subscription details.
Learn more about subatomic physics
The Particle Adventure
Take the subatomic particle adventure. If you like, you can start with a summary of the subatomic world.
The Contemporary Physics Education Project
Educational information on subatomic physics.
CSSM Visualisations of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
Visualisations of the QCD Vacuum
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