Favourite Links
Science & Technology: Miscellaneous
- http://www.howstuffworks.com - How Stuff Works
- http://howthingswork.virginia.edu - How Things Work
- http://www.madehow.com - How Products Are Made (explains the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products)
- http://whyfiles.org - The Why Files
- http://www.ehow.com - eHow (articles on How To Do Just About Everything)
- http://www.wonderhowto.com - WonderHowTo (how-to videos & articles)
- http://www.instructables.com - Instructables (instructions for DIY stuff)
- http://snapguide.com - Snapguide (a free service for creating and share step-by-step how-to guides)
- http://www.speclab.com - Chemical Fact Sheets
- http://paulalanfreshney.com/education/pt/ - Periodic Table (freeware)
- http://chemtoolbox.free.fr/uk/index.php - ChemToolBox (freeware program containing useful chemistry data)
- http://www.iscifistory.com/scifaku/elements/periodichaiku.asp - the Periodic Table of Haiku
- http://www.wunderground.com - Weather Underground
- http://www.accuweather.com - AccuWeather (worldwide weather, sun/moon/planet time, satellite maps)
- http://www.myforecast.com/bin/tide_extended.m - Tide Tables
- http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/ - Snow Crystals
- http://www.osei.noaa.gov - Operational Significant Event Imagery (satellite imagery of major natural phenomena)
- http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/ - www Virtual Library History
- http://www.madsci.org - Mad Scientist Network (science questions answered)
- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ - The National Security Archive (US history)
- http://www.treasure-troves.com - Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Science (encyclopedia)
- http://www.econlib.org - Library of Economics and Liberty (books & articles)
- http://arxiv.org - e-Print archive of papers (Physics, Mathematics, Non-Linear Sciences, Computer Science)
- http://www.funsci.com - Fun Science Gallery (articles & experiments)
- http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/ - Great Moments in Science (articles)
- http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/ - Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
- http://intuitor.com/physics_test/ - Basic Physics Savvy Quiz
- http://powdertoy.co.uk - The Powder Toy (a free, cross-platform physics sandbox game)
- http://www.algodoo.com - Algodoo (draw and interact with physical systems on your computer)
- http://www.myphysicslab.com - MyPhysicsLab (Physics Simulation with Java)
- http://www.av8n.com/how/ - See How It Flies (free e-Book)
- http://www-ee.stanford.edu/~gray/it.html - Entropy and Information Theory (free e-Book)
- http://www.lightandmatter.com - Light and Matter (free e-Book)
- http://www.physicsforfree.com/essential.html - Essential Physics (free e-Book)
- http://www.powerlabs.org - Sam Barros' PowerLabs (mad science experiments)
- http://snowcrystals.net - Snow Crystals and Snowflakes (pictures and articles)
- http://www.alberteinstein.info - Albert Einstein archives online
- http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/ - Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies
- http://www.fallacyfiles.org - Fallacy Files (a taxonomy of logical fallacies)
- http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html - Logic & Fallacies
- http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/ - Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
- http://www.nakka-rocketry.net - Richard Nakka's Experimental Rocketry Web Site
- http://www.braeunig.us/space/index.htm - Rocket & Space Technology (information on propellants, propulsion & orbital mechanics)
- http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/bgmr.html - The Beginner's Guide to Rockets (basic maths and physics for rocket design)
- http://www.4sightinc.com/stu/ - Stuart's Rocket Motor Development Pages
- http://www.jacobsrocketry.com - Jacobs' Rocketry (experimental propellants & motors)
- http://www.scirus.com - Scirus (search engine for scientific information)
- http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org - Dangerous Laboratories (articles)
- http://www.exploratorium.edu - Exploratorium (museum of science, art and human perception)
- http://www.batteryuniversity.com - Battery University (articles on batteries)
- http://skepdic.com - The Skeptic's Dictionary (articles on logic and debunking pseudoscience)
- http://sciencehack.com - ScienceHack (a video search engine for science videos)
- http://scitoys.com - Science Toys (interesting projects)
- http://www.sciencetoymaker.org - Science Toy Maker (projects that entice scientific investigation)
- http://spectrum.ieee.org - IEEE Spectrum (articles & news on technology)
- http://phet.colorado.edu - PhET (interactive simulations of physical phenomena)
- http://123d.circuits.io - 123D Circuits (browser based circuit designer & simulator)