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San Bernardino County Library Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics Resources
San Bernardino County Library Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics Resources
Last revised May 5, 2004. This Internet resource pathfinder has been divided into the following categories:

Chemistry  
Mathematics  
Physics  

Chemistry
ChemFinder   (http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/)
A search engine from Cambridge Software.
Chemical Education Resource Shelf   (http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/artscience/chemistry/books/welcome.html)
Provides high school and college-level chemistry educators with various teaching resources, including a comprehensive index to chemistry textbooks in print.
Chemistry   (http://chemistry.about.com/)
From About.com. Includes What is it made of?, concerning the chemical makeup of everyday items, basic resources, weekly articles, and thousands of links.
Chemistry-Based QuickTime, Shockwave Flash, GIF Animations and Streaming Audio  (http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html)
"Animations [that] support the teaching concepts in chemistry in freshman through graduate level courses." From a professor at Sam Houston State University, Texas.
Chemistry.org  (http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html)
Abstracts and tables of contents from chemistry-related online publications, as well as links to databases, professional job services and more.
Creative Chemistry  (http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm)
Educational activities for high school students and teachers. From Nigel Saunders of North Yorkshire.
General Chemistry Online   (http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/)
Introductory searchable guide.
Molecular Universe   (http://www.molecularuniverse.com/)
Resource for college-level students of chemistry, providing abundant images and explanatory text.
NIST Chemistry Web Book   (http://webbook.nist.gov/)
A gateway to the data collection of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST WebBook will provide access to the full array of data compiled and distributed by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.
Periodic Table of the Elements   (http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/)
Designed for elementary through high school students. From the Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry Division.
Periodic Table of the Elements  (http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/)
Covers the history of the periodic table. Includes brief biography of Mendeleev, discover of the periodic law.
Sheffield ChemDex  (http://www.chemdex.org/)
Excellent starting point for chemistry on the Internet. Currently indexing more than 4,000 sites.
A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements   (http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/)
Each of the 109 elements is accompanied by visual images that explore and reflect upon the diversity of elements that comprise matter.
WebElements: The Periodic Table on the World Wide Web   (http://www.webelements.com/)
Contains links to data for the first 109 elements.
WWW Chemicals   (http://www.chem.com/)
Combines several catalogs of fine chemicals and includes the Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).

Mathematics
Chaos at Maryland   (http://www-chaos.umd.edu/)
Since the mid-1970s, the Chaos Group at Maryland has done extensive research in various areas of chaotic dynamics ranging from the theory of dimensions, fractal basin boundaries, chaotic scattering, controlling chaos, etc.
Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway  (http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/)
Links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12.
Curious and Useful Math  (http://www.curiousmath.com/)
"Tricks and rules for quickly calculating certain types of math problems" and "entertaining trivia and math facts."
MacTutor History of Mathematics   (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html)
The archive contains the biographies of more than 1100 mathematicians. About 200 of these biographies are fairly detailed and most are accompanied by pictures of the mathematicians themselves.
Mandelbrot and Julia Set Fractal Images   (http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/julia/explorer.html)
Math2.org  (http://math2.org/math/tables.htm)
A collection of math reference tables that include general math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and advanced topics. In Spanish and English, with a Spanish-English math dictionary. Formerly "Dave's Math Tables."
Math Forum   (http://mathforum.org/)
Provides not only geometry resources, but information of interest to mathematicians, math educators and students studying other branches of math.
Mathgate   (http://www.mathgate.ac.uk/)
Metasite indexing Internet resources related to mathematics, focusing on UK-based resources, but including sites from around the world.
Math in Daily Life   (http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/)
How math helps in our daily lives, demonstrating concepts such as probability, compounding, growth, and geometry.
Mathematical Snippets   (http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/MathSnips.html)
From Bellevue Community College in Washington. Contains descriptions of six mathematical concepts, with a very brief history and an explanation of the concept.
Mudd Math Fun Facts   (http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/)
Designed for...lower-division college courses where the typical student is not a math student. From Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif.
WIMS: Interactive Mathematics on the Internet   (http://wims.unice.fr/)
Maintained by the Univ. of Nice in France. Highlighted by ten interactive mathematical exercises. In French and English.

Physics
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics   (http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/)
Well-documented archive of citation and biographical information about more that 80 20th century women physicists.
Fear of Physics   (http://www.fearofphysics.com/)
Interactive, highly visual, and non-technical way for you to see the laws of physics in action. Designed for teachers and students in middle and high school.
Entropy on the World Wide Web  (http://www.math.psu.edu/gunesch/entropy.html)
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics  (http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de/index.html)
Research dealing with geometric analysis and gravitation, astrophysical relativity, quantum gravity and unified theories, and laser intreferometry and gravitational wave astronomy.
The Physics Classroom   (http://www.physicsclassroom.com/)
Online physics tutorial written for high school physics students.
Physics 2000   (http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/)
Provided by the Univ. of Colorado at Boulder. Non-threatening introduction to physics.
PhysLinks: Physics and Astronomy   (http://www.physlink.com/)
Material created especially for this site, and many links to other online resources.

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