Physics Napster

[Tom Mattson]

That's right, I'm changing it back to it's original name. : p

I have all the links copied into an MS Word document. I'll try to organize them this weekend, then I'll post them all here.

[damgo]

The sites I end up using all the time:


http://arXiv.org aka http://xxx.lanl.gov
Online preprint server... virtually all the high-energy and relativity papers written nowadays, and many others, show up here. Anyone can download the fulltexts for free. Best thing since sliced bread!

http://web.mit.edu/redingtn/www/netadv/
The Net Advance of Physics. A huge directory to online books, notes, tutorials, and reviews, on a huge range of physics topics. Invaluable.

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/
John Baez's website. He is a quantum geometry researcher at UC-Riverside, and has a ton of interesting info and good links. Especially recommended:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/
Physics FAQ
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/relativity.html
Good relativity links

[Sting]

Online Textbook on Classical Electrodynamics (http://www.plasma.uu.se/CED/Book/)

MIT Web Page of Scientific Papers (http://web.mit.edu/~redingtn/www/netadv/)

Online Textbook for Linear and Abstract Algebra (http://www.math.miami.edu/~ec/book/)

Online collection of Math textbooks and lecture notes (http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html)

More to come!

[Hyperreality]

Einstein's famous paper On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies in English in .pdf format

fis.linux-chile.org/doc/specrel.pdf fis.linux-chile.org/doc/specrel.pdf

P.S. This is not a hyper link so DO NOT include http://www.

Just type the type it in in the address bar

[Nebula]

This is a Gravitational Waves Class taught at the California Institute of Technology, January through May of 2002. This course was designed for physics graduate students or advanced undergraduates, and for scientists and engineers who have been working in other fields and are contemplating switching to gravitational-wave research -- experimental, theoretical, or both. The web-based materials include Quicktime videos of the lectures, lists of suggested and supplementary reading, copies
of some of the readings, many exercises, and solutions to all
exercises.

The main site can be found here: http://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/ph237/

When you click on Week 1 you will need to download the video of the lecture and also open the PDF file of the slides for the lecture at the bottom of the page. Kip will refer to the slides and it is important to have the PDF open as Kip is speaking.

I personally have not had the time to get to far into the lectures but I'm sure some of you will find this interesting and enjoyable. Especially if you are interested in gravitational waves, who better to lecture you than Kip Thorne and a host of other professionals.
[:D]

[sir-pinski]

Here is my contribution to the links, mostly course notes although there are some data books in there as well. [:)]

Surface Analysis Techniques (http://www.cem.msu.edu/~cem924sg/Topic07.pdf)

EM Theory lecture notes (http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy122/New_Lecture_Notes/)

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Notes (http://www.plmsc.psu.edu/~www/plmsc416/thermo/notes/index.html)

Techniques of Many Body Physics (http://www.plmsc.psu.edu/~www/plmsc416/thermo/notes/index.html)

Quantum Mechanics Notes (http://www.its.caltech.edu/~hmabuchi/tuesday1.pdf)

Intro to Computational Physics (http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/329/lectures/lectures.html)

Web Elements (http://www.webelements.com/). Quite a good interactive periodic table.

Handbook of space astronomy and astrophysics (http://ads.harvard.edu/books/hsaa/toc.html)

[Tom Mattson]

General Physics Resources

Archives and Libraries:
Added 3/27/03
Los Alamos arXiv (http://xxx.lanl.gov)
The Net Advance of Physics (http://web.mit.edu/~redingtn/www/netadv)
physiknetz (http://www.physicsnet.org) (German)
Physics Virtual Bookshelf (http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/PVB.html)
Added 3/28/03
PhysicsWeb (http://physicsweb.org)
UPSCALE (http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca)
HyperPhysics (http://www.hyperphysics.com)
Physics 7 Page (http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/physics7.html) Library of basic course materials.
Added 7/11/03
Commisariat a L'Energie Atomique (http://www-spht.cea.fr) Scripts on theoretical physics. (French)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (http://www.spm.cnrs-dir.fr) Scripts on theoretical physics. (French)
Library of the Physics Institutes of Bonn University (http://www-biblio.physik.uni-bonn.de) (German)
CERN Document Server (http://cds.cern.ch)
KEK Reports and Library (http://www-lib.kek.jp/top-e.html)
DESY Preprint Archives (http://www-library.desy.de/bullet.html)
Physikskripten im WWW (http://www1.physik.tu-muenchen.de/~rwagner/physik/skripten.html) Robert Wagner's webpage. (German)
Colloquium Lecture Notes (http://hug.phys.huji.ac.il/Phys_Machon/Colloquium/index.htm) from the Racah Physics Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Hebrew, some in English)
Links to E-Journals (http://www.lib.washington.edu/physics/ejourn.html) From the University of Washington.
UPenn Library (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?QC) Links to online physics books.
Online Science and Math Textbooks (http://spot.colorado.edu/~dubin/bookmarks/b/1240.html) From Neural Links Plus by Prof. Mark Dubin of Colorado. Many different sciences.
E-Library of Science (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-otherformats.htm) From the University of New Mexico. Physics, mathematics, and philosophy.

Textbooks:
Added 3/27/03
Motion Mountain Physics Text (http://www.motionmountain.org) A comprehensive tome that is worth printing out.
Light and Matter dot com (http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1.html) 6 free textbooks.
Added 4/23/03
Physics for Free (http://www.physicsforfree.com) 3 Textbooks by Yale Prof. Frank Firk (one on mechanics thru GR, one on groups and particles, and one on Einstein)

Other:
Added 3/27/03
Current Problem Sets (http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poptor/current.html) Undergrad level problem sets with solutions. From University of Toronto.
Added 3/28/03
John Baez’ Stuff (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez)
Added 4/23/03
Particles, Special Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics (http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rmext04/92andwed/pf_quant.html#Top) Basic Introduction
Added 7/11/03
Open Directory Physics Tutorials (http://dmoz.org/Science/Physics/Education/Tutorials)
Phys Link (www.physlink.com) Physics and astronomy.

[Tom Mattson]

Classical Physics

Classical Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics):
Added 3/28/03
Newton’s Principia (http://members.tripod.com/~gravitee) It’s not all there, but it is worth looking at.
Index Page: The Orbital Mechanics, Space School UK (http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~omen)
Added 7/11/03
Orbital Mechanics (http://www.bestofcolumbus.com/Braeunig/space/orbmech.htm) From bestofcolumbus dot com.
Simple Orbital Mechanics (http://www.go.ednet.ns.ca/~larry/orbits/orbits.html)
Orbital Mechanics Division (http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/UASEDS/o-mech/orbital_mech.html) From SEDS at University of Arizona.
Physics 220 Lecture Notes (http://www.physics.purdue.edu/phys220/samples.html) Mechanics, heat and sound from Perdue University.
Mechanics Links (http://physics.about.com/?once=true&) From physics.about.com.

Classical Mechanics (Fluids and Fields):
Added 3/27/03
International Journal of Fluid Dynamics (http://elecpress.monash.edu.au/ijfd)
Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/staff/cts/cfdbook)

Classical Electrodynamics:
Added 3/27/03
Electromagnetic Field Theory Internet Textbook Project (http://www.plasma.uu.se/CED/Book) Highly recommended for studying for Qualifying Exams!
Optics 2001 dot com (http://www.optics2001.com) Optics library and message board.
Added 4/23/03
Paradoxes of Modern Electrodynamics (http://www.pwaves.0catch.com/zag/english.htm)
Critical Researches in General Electrodynamics (http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/crit/1908b.htm)
Jackson's Electrodynamics (http://www.airynothing.com/jackson/index.html) Solutions to selected problems of "The Baddest Book on the Shelf".

Classical Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Added 3/28/03
Thermodynamics Lecture Notes (http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/rcfta/thermo.html)

[Tom Mattson]

Relativity

Special Relativity:
Added 3/27/03
Lecture Notes on Special Relativity (http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/~cew2/P209/P209_home.html)
Added 3/28/03
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies (http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/specrel.pdf) By Einstein, from Fourmilab.
Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on Its Energy Content? (http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/e_mc2.pdf) By Einstein, from Fourmilab.
Special Relativity (http://physics.nyu.edu/hogg/sr) by David Hogg—nice book.
Added 7/11/03
Special Relativity Questions (http://astsun.astro.virginia.edu/~jh8h/Foundations/quest7.html) Answered by Virginia's Astronomy Department.
Essay on the Twin Paradox (http://www.ccinet.ab.ca/tcantine/TP.html)

General Relativity:
Added 3/27/03
Lecture Notes on General Relativity (http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9712019) From LANL arXiv.
Added 3/28/03
Lecture Notes on General Relativity (http://pancake.uchicago.edu/~carroll/notes) by Prof. Sean Carroll, Univ. of Chicago.
Added 7/11/03
Sidelights on Relativity (http://www.focusresearch.com/texts/sor-latex.phtml) By Einstein.
Special and General Relativity E-Text (http://aci.mta.ca/Courses/Physics/4701_97/etext.html) From Mount Allison University (in progress).

Other:
Added 3/27/03
The Physical Basis of the Direction of Time (http://www.time-direction.de) This could have gone either in the Quantum or Relativity section. I flipped a coin, and here we are.
Added 3/28/03
Living Reviews in Relativity (http://www.livingreviews.org) An online journal.

[Tom Mattson]

Quantum Theory

General:
Added 3/27/03
Warren Siegel’s Homepage (http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/plan.html) Three free textbooks available here, on QFT, SUSY, and String Theory.

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computing:
Added 3/27/03
Virtual Journal of Quantum Information (www.vjquantuminfo.org) Quantum computing, cryptography, and communication.
Quantum Information and Computation (http://theory.caltech.edu/~quic) From Caltech.
An Introduction to Quantum Computing (www.cs.caltech.edu/~westside/quantum-intro.html) Also from Caltech.
Quantum Computing lecture notes (http://www.theory.caltech.edu/~preskill/ph229) Again, from Caltech.
Qubit dot org (http://www.qubit.org) Centre for Quantum Computation, a collaboration of Oxford and Cambridge theorists.
Added 3/28/03
Quantum Mechanics Lecture Notes (http://www.physics.mq.edu.au/~jcresser/phys301/LectureNotes)
Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics (http://ocw.mit.edu/5/5.61/f01/index.html) Lecture notes from MIT Open Courseware program.
Added 5/29/03
Optical Physics and Quantum Electronics (http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~jones/ap216/lectures/lectures.html) Lecture notes from Harvard.
Introduction to Modern Solid State Physics (http://edu.ioffe.ru/lib/galperin) A nice, thorough online textbook.

Quantum Field Theory:
Added 4/23/03
Relativistic Quantum Fields 1 (http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/users/markh/RQF1) by Univ. of Sussex' Prof. Mark Hindmarsh
Relativistic Quantum Fields 2 (http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/users/markh/RQF2) by Univ. of Sussex' Prof. Mark Hindmarsh
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (http://www.pt.tu-clausthal.de/~aswl/scripts/qft.html) by Institut für Physik und Physikalische Technologien's Prof. Wolfgang Lucke (PS only)
Advanced Quantum Field Theory (http://arturo.fi.infn.it/casalbuoni/lezioni99.pdf) by Florence University's Prof. Roberto Casalbuoni
Added 9/30/03
Introduction to Topological Field Theory (http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~ruthjl/papers/itft.html)
Added 4/23/04
QCD Lecture Notes (http://t.home.cern.ch/t/tfeldman/www/lectures_nijmegen.html) Also has exercises with solutions.
Bookmarks on QFT, Gauge Field Theory, and String Theories (http://www.geocities.com/diahmed/bookmark2.html) Many, many links.

Quantum General Relativity:
Added 3/27/03
Quantum Gravity: A Progress Report (http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0108040) From LANL arXiv.

[Tom Mattson]

Astronomy and Cosmology

General:
Added 3/27/03
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pasa)
Added 3/28/03
Space Physics (http://spaceweb.oulu.fi) From Oulu, Finland.
Astronomy Dot Net (http://www.astronomy.net) The name says it all.

Cosmology:
Added 3/27/03
Cosmological Models (http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9812046) From LANL arXiv.

Astrophysics:
Added 3/27/03
Internal Dynamics of Globular Clusters (http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9610076) From LANL arXiv.

Simulators:
Added 3/27/03
Astronomy Software for PC (http://www.astronomy.ch/home.html)

[Tom Mattson]

Mathematics
If this gets too big, I'll delete it and start a Math Napster in the Math forum.

General:
Added 3/27/03
Textbooks, Lecture Notes and Tutorials in Mathematics (http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html) An absolute goldmine!
Added 3/28/03
SOSMath (http://www.sosmath.com) Undergraduate level materials, plus homework help message board.
Got Math? (http://www.gotmath.com) Links to online textbooks and lecture notes, plus other math sites.
MathPages (http://www.mathpages.com) Articles on more advanced topics.

Calculus and Analysis:
Added 3/27/03
Elementary Calculus (http://www.math.wisc.edu/~keisler/calc.html)
Added 3/28/03
An Introduction to Fourier Theory (http://utcsl.phys.utk.edu/~forrest/papers/fourier)
Added 4/10/04
Math Forum Library (http://mathforum.org/library)

Algebra:
Added 3/27/03
Mathematical Induction (http://www.geocities.com/jespinos57/induction.htm) 30 problems for you to crack your noodle on.

Differential Equations:
Added 3/27/03
Electronic Journal of Differential Equations (http://ejde.math.swt.edu)

Dynamic Systems:
Added 3/27/03
Chaos Without the Math (http://www.wfu.edu/~petrejh4/chaosind.htm)

Vectors, Tensors, and Differential Geometry:
Added 3/27/03
Free Textbook Tensor Calculus and Continuum Mechanics (http://www.math.odu.edu/~jhh/counter2.html)
Differential Geometry and General Relativity (http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/diff_geom/tc.html)


Mathematical Physics:
Added 3/27/03
Mathematical Physics Electronic Journal (http://www.ma.utexas.edu/mpej/MPEJ.html)
Memoirs on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics (http://www.emis.de/journals/MDEMP/index.html) Subscription required, but older issues are available for free.
Added 4/25/04
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (http://aimsciences.org) Click on "Journals" and go nutty.

[Greg Bernhardt]

Cosmology:
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_01.htm
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1996/astr123.html
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/astr121.html

Other:
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/

Biophysics:
http://www.rwc.uc.edu/koehler/biophys/text.html

High school physics:
http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/South/physics1/index.html

[Andersen]

Shamelessly:

For "popular science/k-12" level physics:

http://physics.about.com

[drag]

An encyclopedia (including physics and math):
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

[Sting]

A Colection of Math Textbooks and Lecture Notes (http://dmoz.org/Science/Math/Publications/Online_Texts/)

Connell's Elements of Linear and Abstract Algebra (http://www.math.miami.edu/~ec/book/)

[kyle_soule]

Originally posted by Tom
Does anyone know if Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery is online?

The Logic of Scientific Discovery (http://aegis.ateneo.net/fted/sci10/pdf/LogicOfDiscovery.PDF)

I'm not familiar with the text, so I am not sure if this is in full, or for that matter, even what you were talking about. Hope it is.

[Lonewolf]

Miscellaneous math and physics notes (mostly in ps format)

http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/societies/archim/notes.htm
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~twk

[Hyperreality]

http://www.enterprisemission.com/ (http://)

This is a marvellous site! It has loads of stuff on recent scientific progresses in exploring outer-space.

[MathematicalPhysicist]

an ebook about quantum and classical chaos in ps and pdf formats:http://www.nbi.dk/ChaosBook/

[jeff]

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara is a major centre for symposiums with lectures given there being posted on it's website for any visitor to listen to or watch by streaming or download.

http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/

[MathematicalPhysicist]

journal of cosmology and astroparticle:http://jcap.sissa.it/

[Lonewolf]

Wide range of course notes and exercises (some with answers) from the physics depaertment at the Imperial College

http://www.ph.ic.ac.uk/ug/course_materials/index.asp

[redruM]

sure,

maths:
A vast collection of resources including past papers, assignments and notes. includes some university maths.
http://www4.tpg.com.au/nanahcub/me2.html

http://mathworld.wolfram.com

maths articles
http://www.dovepresent.com/pages/articles/bernoulli.html

maths resources by topics
http://www.maths.com.au/resources/syllabus/index.html

the "integrator"
http://integrals.wolfram.com/index.en.cgi

physics:

http://webs.mn.catholic.edu.au/physics/emery/physics_hsc.htm


notes on maths and physics
http://www.fatmuscle.cjb.net/


umm thats about it. some of these may be limited to the syllabus.

[Hyperreality]

Physics problems website:
http://star.tau.ac.il/QUIZ/ (http://)

[Sonty]

I don't know if this has already been posted or not as I haven't been following the thread lately, but I guess it deserves to be posted twice.
MIT is launching the OpenCourseWare program making its course materials free.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

[Lonewolf]

I fear you may not be able to find it online, as the book is still copyrighted. There's a basic outline of the book at http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/Kuhn.html if that's of any use to you.

[pmb]

I see the forum has changed structure. I don't know where the links are for online texts etc. but I know of one the belongs on the list. It's Kip Thorne's and Roger Blanford's new text. See

http://www.pma.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2002/index.html

Thanks

Pete

[Fullhawking]

I am collecting information in preparation for construction on a small particle accelerator. In my resent searching I found this book "Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration" http://www.fieldp.com/cpa/cpa.html. It should be helpful for me and hopefully someone else out there.

[MathematicalPhysicist]

a free book about recreational maths there is an interesting paradox i havent resolved yet (im planning to open a thread about it):
http://www.g4g4.com/paul/BOOK.pdf

[Hyperreality]

Biophysics link, with a free online textbook.
http://www.biophysics.org/ (http://)

[Greg Bernhardt]

The beginning of a massive reference library!
http://www.physicsresource.com

[Hyperreality]

http://www.superstring.com/ (http://)
provides basic information on superstring theory

[Monique]

If this is somewhere in this thread, I am sorry :O But what/where is the database that collects all publications from physics-related peer-reviewed journals?

In biological sciences we've got the national center for biotechnology information at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ where every single published articles gets archived.

What would be the physics equivalent? Not speaking about Xarchiv, since that is not peer-reviewed, is it?

[nbo10]

I'm not sure if there is a archive, but a couple databases are:
web of science -- http://isiknowledge.com
inspec -- can't get a url, the university sends us through a proxy so I can't see the url.

Both these might be a paid service.

APS has everything indexed for everyone to see, you just need a subscription to view the articles.

JMD

[Dal]

http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/Collections/Babson/BabsonContents.htm

Collection of some good old newtonian books. They're ahh... very old.
I thought some might like to have these early editions for their collection.

Not recommended as study materials. :biggrin:

[loseyourname]

Does anyone have any Intro to Biology online texts?

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/sms_files/campbell6e_awl/login.html

This is the 6th edition of Biology by Campbell and Reece, the text we used in my General Bio course. The user name and password are chocolatejesus12 and jenny21. They still work. It has the complete text (under e-book) as well as pictures, diagrams, and activities you can do.

[Omid]

http://www.malonus.com/books/ebooks/
:biggrin:

[misogynisticfeminist]

Here are the Feynman lectures, but only volume one is available.

http://www.phy.cuhk.edu.hk/phywall/upload/up.php

[rava]

www.sara2002.tk

[haribol]

http://faculty.etsu.edu/knisleyj/calculus/final.pdf

This is a textbook for calculus from the East Tennessee University

[Greg Bernhardt]

Please direct all physics napster material to our new link directory
http://www.physicsforums.com/local_links.php

[Tom Mattson]

All working Physics Napster links are now in the PF Link Directory. Click on the link in my sig to get there.