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Special relativity

Textbook style pages giving details of the postulates of special relativity, Lorentz transforms, The Twin Paradox, and a history of special relativity.

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

What is a Chemical Engineer?

What is chemical engineering and how did it develop? A general historical perspective. The site contains general background for teachers and general information for students. Non technical.

http://www.pafko.com/history/h_whatis.html

Since light is bent by a gravity field according to general relativity, there is a possibility of focusing effects like that of a lens when there is a large collection of mass near the path of the ...

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/quasar.html#c3

Light and Matter

A set of introductory physics textbooks that can be downloaded free covering Newtonian Physics, Conservation Laws, Vibrations and Waves, Optics, Electricity and Magnetism, Modern physics and general ...

http://www.lightandmatter.com/

Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr

Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr (1913 - ) research has been on the following subjects: theory of the interactions of neutrons and matter, field theories of nuclear structure, fluctuations in cosmic ray ...

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1955/lamb-bio.html

The Inertia of Twins

A discussion of three paradoxes associated with the theory of relativity: the barn pole, super-luminal scissors and the twins.

http://mathpages.com/rr/s4-07/4-07.htm

General Quantum Field Theory

Contents page from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics with links to lots of related topics. Very concise information but not to any great depth.

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/topics/GeneralQuantumFieldTheory.html

Modern Madness

This site explores topics in modern physics including relativity, quantum mechanics, and string theory, focusing on the qualitative, counterintuitive implications.