Resources

Your textbook contains online quizzes and many other resources through www.masteringphysics.com . The textbook comes with an access code. Please keep reading the relevant parts of the text each week, as listed in the Schedule.

In addition, I will maintain a list of sites here that may be of help or interest as you explore the exciting world of physics!

Physics Education Technology Project, Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman's educational simulations
Physics Central, Excellent educational site from the American Physical Society. Be sure to read the Ask Dr. Lou column.
American Institute of Physics online exhibits, insights into the historical development of major 20th century physics ideas
Physlink, Physics and Astronomy online education and reference
Ask an Astronomer, Cornell University
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Powers of 10, Animation developed by National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida, USA
A fascinating article on E=mc² is by Ralph Baierlein, in the journal Physics Teacher, March 1991, p. 170. Send me an email if you have trouble finding the article.
Scientific American article, Mysteries of Mass, an excellent desription of the origin of rest mass and its relation to modern high-energy physics theories.