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Heavy Water Production - Nuclear Weapons
Heavy water, D1O, is water in which both hydrogen atoms have been replaced with deuterium, the isotope of hydrogen containing one proton and one neutron. It is present naturally in water, but in only ...
Relativistic heavy ion collider
the accelerator, its construction, and some of the experiments running on it
Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
A text heavy but very informative site covering a lot of ground.
Keeping your tires stuck to the ground
A text heavy article on the role tyres play in car racing.
Gravity: A Heavy Subject
Worksheet intended for use investigating the effects of gravity.
Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia (d. 415 C.E.) was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher. She edited the third book of her father's commentary on the Almagest of Ptolemy. Heavy going site but useful links.
Is The Universe Closed?
Does the theory of relativity imply a closed finite universe? This site tries to explain the theories. Very text heavy!
Lev Davidovich Landau
A text heavy site detailing the work of Lev Davidovich Landau (1908 - 1968).
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
A text heavy site on the life and work of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853 - 1918).
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is taking data that has provided revolutionary insight into the properties of neutrinos and the core of the sun. SNO is a heavy-water Cherenkov detector that ...


