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History of Space Science and Astronomy
The History of Space Science and Astronomy includes a huge amount of information on: The Millennium - A Space and Astronomy Timeline; Man-in-Space Firsts - Hundreds of extraordinarily-interesting ...
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Thermodynamics
A general explanation of the mechanical equivalent of heat and the first and second laws of thermodynamics, text only.
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The Truck and the ladder
Statement and explanation of Newton's First Law, with animation to illustrate it.
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Patterns in nature - Light and Optics
This is the first of several sections (they are called objectives) within the sub-module Light, Reflection, and Refraction. The first section uses questions and photographs to look at how light ...
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That's the way the ball bounces
The first of several pages looking at why balls bounce or fail to bounce. Part of the Sport Science section of the San Francisco Exploratorium.
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Science Playwiths
Science Playwiths contains links to two sets of experiments, the first a completed set of small experiments on simple everyday science, the second a growing set of more complex experiments. There is ...
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Ernst Ruska
Ernst Ruska (1906 - 1988) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1986 for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope.
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How lasers work
An article about lasers from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and the story of the first laser built.
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4Learning - Robots
This is a very simple to use site (using shockwave) that has lots on information on robots and how to build them. It was launched at the end of December 2000 to coincide with Channel 4's first ever ...
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Project Physics: myth, legend, science
An attempt is made to explain topics from first principles. Includes some good animations.
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