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Notable Women of Computing & Mathematics

This site contains a list of links to, and biographies of, notable women in Mathematics and computing.

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/past-women.html

How do Thunderstorms Work?

Article on the science of thunder and lightning. But how do clouds come by all this energy, and couldn't we put it to good use?

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/howdothunderstormswork-2/

Lightning, an example of a natural capacitor

A fast moving animation showing charge separation and lightning between storm clouds and the ground

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/lightning/index.html

Scattering of light in the atmosphere

Find out how light scattering makes the sky blue and clouds white.

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/mch/sct.rxml

Observing the world of particles

Introduction to earlier particle detectors including nuclear emulsions, cloud, bubble, and multiwire chambers.

http://www.nobel.se/physics/educational/observing/index.html

The history of computing science

This site gives an interesting account of the development of computers from the early abacus to the modern PC, via Charles Babbage and Alan Turing's machines.