Websites for Physics

Sites recommended by John Sharkey, Secondary Adviser, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and reproduced here by his kind permisson.

Kinematics and Relativity
Calculus	Sir Isaac Newton's mathematical principles of Natural Philosophy. The original text.
Newton	Biographical notes on Newton.
Projectile motion	Nice java applet of Newton's thought experiment
Einstein	American Institute of Physics. Very comprehensive site on the work of Einstein.
Relativity	Nice explanation of relativity and the cosmos
Einstein and relativity	University of Illinois site. Clear explanation of relativity.
Twin Paradox	Nova Online - animation and text explanation of twin paradox
Einstein and relativity	Space time wrinkles - movie and sound clips plus text
Time dilation	Java Applet animation.
Length contraction	Nice site with some animation - requires Apple Quicktime for animation
Angular Motion
Angular velocity	Introduction to circular motion with easy to read text - some animations.
Angular acceleration	Textbook like site but the level is about right
Centripetal force	This sports science site has lots of interesting topics. Skateboard science is particularly good.
Centrifugal force	Nice animation to show how centrifugal force does not exist
Funfair rides	The centripetal carousel accessed from the main page has some useful notes.
Centrifuge	Description of one of the largest centrifuges in the world
Rotational Dynamics
Torque	Textbook like theory - with lots more on other topics.
Moment of inertia	Single page showing moments of inertia for various bodies
Moment of inertia	Part of a huge resource - almost a textbook online.
Spin of the Earth	A nice site with good pictures and explanations. A lot of other astronomical material is on the site.
Precession of Equinoxes	A nice site with good pictures and explanations. A lot of other astronomical material is on the site.
Satellites	Nice graphics but lacking some depth
Foucault Pendulum	A picture and notes of the original pendulum.
Wind patterns	Slightly off-beat but very readable site.
Gyroscopes	More about relativity than gyroscopes, but this is an interesting and modern application of gyroscopes. http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/rot/node1.html Textbook like theory - with lots more on other topics.
Electron orbits	Excellent background history and theory at the American Institute of Physics site.
Angular momentum	Textbook like theory - with lots more on other topics. Angular kinetic energy
Gravitation
Newton's work	Nice straightforward site, part of a series of lectures on astronomy
Planetary motion	The NASA site - worth reading the introductory pages before this one.
Planetary motion	Nice site showing planetary positions and orbits
Tides	Nicely illustrated explanation of tides.
Cavendish/Boys experiments	Text based history of the experiments to measure G
Fundamental forces	Quite simple treatment - with little detail of nuclear forces
Fundamental forces	Some information on QED and QCD
Equipotentials	Part of lecture notes from Michigan State University
Gravitational potential wells	Diagram of potential wells of binary star system
Space flight	Lot's of detail at the NASA site - easy to read.
Stellar evolution	Good descriptions of evolution of various star types
Cosmology	Cambridge Relativity site - very extensive.
Satellite communication	NASA site
Orbital motion	Extensive site with just about everything on orbital motion
Kepler	Good explanation of Kepler's laws
Kepler	Good animation illustrating Kepler's laws.
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