Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division

Resources in Physics

People

Directories

High Energy Physics (HEP) Virtual Phonebook – from HEPIC (High Energy Physics Information Center)
PEERS – Email directory of physicists sponsored by the Institute of Physics (IoP)
HEPnames database – from SPIRES (Stanford Public Information REtrieval System)

Biographies

Albert Einstein Online
Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics (from UCLA)
Einstein Archives Online
Emilio Segre Visual Archives – searchable archive of more than 25,000 photographs of 20th century physicists and astronomers.
The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences (from Princeton University)
Famous Physicists Links (from Yahoo)
NASA Quest Biography search and Women of NASA
Nobel Laureates in Physics (from Stanford University) see also Nobel e-Museum (the official website of the Nobel Foundation)

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Professional Societies

American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Physical Society (APS)
European Physical Society (EPS)
Institute of Physics (IoP)
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
International Association of Mathematical Physics
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
American Association for Physicists in Medicine
Lists of Physics Organizations and Associations:
- Directory of Physics Associations (from Google)
- Directory of Minority Groups in Physics (from APS)
- Scholarly Societies List – Physics (University of Waterloo)

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Conferences

Conferences (from the University of Maryland; includes categories for particles and nuclei, quantum, condensed matter, etc.)
Conferences — Schools — Workshops (maintained by HEPIC)
Directory of Physics Conferences (from Google)
IOP Institute Events Calendar
PhysicsWeb Events
SPIRES Conferences Database

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Institutions

CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research)
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)
Physics Departments Worldwide
US Department of Energy (DOE)
- DOE National Labs and Offices
US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
US National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Reference

History:

Center for the History of Physics (from AIP)
This Month in History (from APS)
Einstein Archives Online
History of Physics and Astronomy (from PhysLink)
Physics Success Stories (from AIP)

Education Resources:

comPADRE: Physics and Astronomy Education communities
Particle Physics Education Sites and the Particle Adventure (from PDG)
Higher Education Academy – Physical Sciences Centre
Educational Physics Resources (from PhysNet)
Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide – includes reviews
World of Physics Online Dictionary (from Wolfram Research)

Physical Constants and Reference Tables:

Physics Laboratory Physical Reference Data (from NIST)
- NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty (including CODATA Fundamental Constants, International System of Units, and Uncertainty of Measurement Results)
Exact Time (from US Naval Observatory)
Martindale’s Virtual Physics Center
Physics Astronomy Classification Scheme – PACS (from APS)
SLACSpeak – glossary and HEP acronyms
Table of the Nuclides (from KAERI)

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Publications

Books and Journals

Preprint Servers and E-journals

ADS (Astrophysical Data System)
arXiv.org e-print archive (or choose from mirror sites) Subscribe to arXiv RSS feeds
CERN Document Server (CDS)
DOE Information Bridge (DOE research reports: 1996-)
E-print Network (from OSTI and DOE)
Free Full Text Physics Journals Maintained by PhysNet
GrayLIT Network: A Science Portal of Technical Reports
HEP Newsletters and Journals (from HEPIC)
IOP Physics Reviews
SPIRES HEP Literature Database (from SLAC)

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Physics News

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