Undergrad Physics & Astronomy Resource: The Nucleus

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The Nucleus, part of the ComPADRE Digital Library, serves as a valuable resource for undergraduate students in Physics and Astronomy, offering discussion forums, textbook reviews, online lessons by subject, and summer research opportunities. Currently, it features a highlighted translation of Einstein's 1905 paper on Special Relativity to commemorate the World Year of Physics 2005. While primarily aimed at undergraduates, the resource also provides useful content, such as book reviews, for non-undergraduates interested in physics and astronomy.
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As part of the ComPADRE Digital Library, the Nucleus is a resource for
undergraduates in Physics and Astronomy. It has discussion forums,
textbook reviews, online lessons by subjects, summer research openings,
etc.

Currently, they are highlighting the translation of Einstein's Special
Relativity paper of 1905 to commemorate the World Year of Physics 2005.

If you are an undergraduate in physics or astronomy, you may want to check this out.

http://www.compadre.org/student/

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cool, thanks.
 
I'm not an undergrad, but the book reviews help.
 

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