Science Links

Contents...
Museums and Exhibitions of Science
Inventions and Inventors
General Science Resources
Biological and Medical Science
Astrological Resources
General Earth Science Resources
Earth Science-Weather Resources
Environmental Science Resources
Physics and Physicists

Museums and Exhibitions of Science

• The Exploratorium - Home page of the famous San Francisco Exploratorium.

• The Franklin Institute Science Museum - This virtual museum brings the exhibits, resources, and fun of a museum visit right to you.

• Field Museum - The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures.

• PhotoNet at CalTech - " The Institute Archives serves as the collective memory of Caltech by preserving the papers, documents, artifacts and pictorial materials that tell the school's history, from 1891 to the present. Researchers will also find here a wealth of sources for the history of science and technology worldwide, stretching from the time of Copernicus to today."

• Science for the Millennium - The exhibits range from Einstein to computers, from physics to biotechnology.

• Scirus (science search engine)

• Science Timelines

• SciTechResources.gov - A catalog of government science and technology websites.

• SciNet

• Timelinescience - One thousand years of scientific thought

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Inventions and Inventors

• Invention Dimension - From MIT a site where an American inventor is featured every week with a biographical sketch covering his or her accomplishments and their impact on society. There is also an extensive list of related links to invention and innovation sites on the Web.

• American Inventors and Inventions - An exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution features stories about a number of  important Americans inventions.

• Nineteenth Century Scientific American - Selected issues of Scientific American magazine from the nineteenth century.

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General Science Resources

• The Why Files? - Find out about the background behind science stories that make it to the daily news.

• African Americans in the Sciences  - "Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering. The accomplishments of the past and present can serve as pathfinders to present and future engineers and scientists."

• History of Science, Technology and Medicine - This Web resource keeps track of information in the field of the history of science, technology and medicine.  

• LabSOURCE - This is a " newsletter provided in both hard copy and electronically by the University of California Laboratory Administration Office. This publication presents news and information about the University's management oversight of three U. S. Department of Energy laboratories -- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory -- as well as news from and about the laboratories. themselves."

• The PLANTS Database - "The PLANTS Database is a single source of standardized information about plants. This database focuses on vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories."

• Periodic Table of the Elements

• MathMol - " MathMol (Mathematics and Molecules) is designed to serve as an introductory starting point for those interested in the field of molecular modeling ."

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Biological and Medical Science

• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources - This gateway is managed by the Hardin Hospital at the University of Iowa.

• Centers for Disease Control - A site with lots of information about disease and health from this government agency.

• Marine Biological Lab - " The Marine Biological Laboratory is an independent scientific institution, founded in 1888, that undertakes the highest level of creative research and education in biology, including the biomedical and environmental sciences."

• A Gene Map of the Human Genome

• Medline Plus

• The Biology Project

• Biozone

• Gray's Anatomy (concise)

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Astrological Resources

• The Nine Planets - This site "is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information."

• Planetary Sciences - " The National Space Science Data Center is NASA's deep archive and general distribution center for lunar and planetary data and images."

• International Space Station - A site produced by NASA

• Hotlist: Space Science - A large collection of links to Internet resources related to Space Science and Astronomy.

• NASA: Asteroid Images

• NASA: Asteroid Fact Sheet

• NASA: Asteroids and Comets

• NASA: Near Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)

• NASA: Near Earth Objects, or NEOs

• NASA: SOHO: Exploring the Sun

• Black Holes FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• Geometry Around Black Holes

• The Search For Real Black Holes

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General Earth Science Resources

• Cascades Volcano Observatory - From the Department of the Interior a great site with lots of excellent, free information.

• Geosciences (IEIS) - "This server is a prototype Integrated Earth Information Server (IEIS, as in eyes on the globe). It is built on the infrastructure provided by the nation-wide Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) network, in which participating universities are establishing information servers containing a range of earth-related data."

• Volcano World - A creative site with lots of information sponsored by the University of North Dakota.

• Nevada Seismological Laboratory

• National Earthquake Information Center

• Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data

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Earth Science - Weather Resources

• WeatherNet - From the University of Michigan "access to thousands of forecasts, images, and the Net's largest collection of weather links, . . ."

• National Weather Service -  The National Weather Service web site accessing current weather, climatic data, weather news, and more.

• The Daily Planet - This site from the University of Illinois includes hypermedia instructional modules on how to understand meteorology.

• Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey - "NRL Monterey is the only scientific center in the Navy wholly dedicated to atmospheric research; conducting research and development to provide objective local, regional, and global atmospheric analysis and prediction as well as the development of automated weather interpretation systems; that is, the effect of atmospheric changes on naval communications and weapons systems."

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Environmental Science Resources

• Endangered Species: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service offers a lot of information about endangered species.

• American Field Guide

• Discover the Earth

• 6th Extinction (National Geographic Site)

• Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants:  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Glacier Image Database

• Earth:  The Living Planet

• Global Warming

• Global Warming:  Early Warning Signs

• Renewable Resource Data Center

• America's National Wildlife Refuges

• Ocean World

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Physics and Physicists

• Exhibits and Online Source Materials for History of Physics and Allied Sciences

• Nobel Laureates in Physics 1901 - 1996

• Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

• Emilio Segrh Visual Archives (Physics) - "The collection focuses on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century, but includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other fields related to physics, and in earlier times."

• The Center for History of Physics - The  mission of this site "is to preserve and make known the history of modern physics and allied sciences including astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like."

• Discovery of the Electron - "Colorful and informative exhibition on the history of the electron, from the American Institute of Physics."

• Einstein: Image and Impact - This site is an award-winning exhibition on Albert Einstein's life.

• American Institute of Physics

• Antimatter:  Mirror of the Universe

• CERN:  The World's Largest Physical Particle Laboratory