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American Men and Women of Science [REF Q141 .A47]
Dictionary of Scientific Biography [REF Q141 .D5]
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century [REF Q141 .D535 1996]
Notable Scientists: A to Z of Physicists [REF QC15 .L45 2003]
Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook [REF QD21 .W62 1993]
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Funded by the National Science Foundation, Visual Quantum Mechanics involves the development of instructional units that introduce quantum physics to high school and college students who do not have a background in modern physics or higher level math.
Maintained by Northwestern University, this site includes Internet resources in the fields of science and engineering. In addition, the section also includes links to national laboratories and government agencies, industrial standards, organizations and societies, and more.
A portal to finding authoritative physics reports, studies and information provided by various U.S government agencies.
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Stanford University provides free full-text of over 137,000 articles online, second in scope only to Harvard's Astrophysics Data System (ADS). Disciplines covered include science, technology, and medicine
Maintained by Northwestern University, this site includes Internet resources in the fields of science and engineering. In addition, the section also includes links to national laboratories and government agencies, industrial standards, organizations and societies, and more.
A series of three lectures on Quantum Mechanics by Hans Bethe. Attended for all audiences, these lectures not only explain Quantum Mechanics, but also gives a historical perspective on the development of the field. These videos run using Quicktime. Introduction and Appreciation videos feature Professor Silvan S. Schweber and Edwin E. Salpeter. Supplementary material and links may be found in the "Reading" section.
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