Amara's
Science
Links
I use and collect quite a few science-related World Wide Web sites in my work. (Many of these used to be my bookmarks.) Check it out!
| Software, Programming Languages, and Companies | Space Sciences | Math, Algorithms, and Numerical Methods | Research Institutions, Groups, and Programs | Physics | Fractals, Chaos, Artifificial Life, and Genetic Programming | Atmospheric Science and Geology | Museums | Macintosh | Searching | Miscellaneous |
Software, Programming Languages, and Companies
- OnScreen Science, Inc., Particle physics software.
- Wolfram Research (company), Makers of Mathematica.
- NEMO- Stellar Dynamics Toolbox.
- Doug Hamilton's Astronomy Workshop.
- ESO-MIDAS Astronomy Software.
- IRAF Software Services.
- NIH Image.
- GraphPad Software and Resources.
- ImageMagick.
- ANA Image Processing Software Package (small IDL clone).
- Scilab (Free Matlab/IDL-like).
- Octave (Free Matlab/IDL-like).
- O-Matrix (Windows Matlab compatible).
- TeLa the Tensor Language.
- Astronomy Software Links (Large).
- Java Applets for Astronomy.
- JavaSlide (the first Java Slide Rule).
- Elements Engineering-Scientific Workspace Software.
- Google Science>Math Software.
- An A-Z Index of the Linux BASH command line.
- Maple
- Matlab
- MathWorks Home Page (company), Makers of Matlab.
- "A practical introduction to Matlab" (for Matlab 5)
- IDL
- Research Systems (company), Makers of IDL.
- Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming.
- IDL Libraries Browser.
- The IDL Astronomy User's Library.
- The JHU IDL library.
- IDL Surface Tutorial.
- Markwardt IDL Pgms.
- Paul van Delst's IDL pgms.
- Wolfgang Dobler's IDL Tutorial/Pgms.
- IDL and Fortran FFT Comparison.
- Graffer.
- SolarSoft Software.
- IDL Satellite Image Mapping Tool.
- IDLWAVE - Emacs IDL Mode.
- IDL CookBook.
- IDL Brief Manual.
- SCV IDL tutorial on the web.
- A Guide to IDL for Astronomers.
- Steward Observatory IDL Seminar.
- Carl Heiles: Learning IDL and Linux.
- Programming for Imaging Science.
- PERL, CGI, and Databases
- The www.perl.com Home Page.
- Perl FAQ Index
- PERL Resources and Reviews.
- The PERL User Guide.
- Perl- The Swiss Army Chainsaw.
- Mac-PERL Primer, auf Deutsche.
- Index of /CPAN/modules/by-module/CGI
- Perlguy's Pages.
- PERLDL programming language.
- The CGI Resource Index.
- CGI Programming MetaFAQ.
- CGI.pm - a Perl5 CGI Library.
- PERL Reference: Database.
- Perl Archive Mailing Lists.
- DBI - A Database Interface Module for Perl5.
- Fortran
- Python
- Basic
- LaTeX
Space Sciences
- Meta Sites
- Databases, Astronomical Catalogs, and Star Maps
- The National Space Sciences Data Center (NSSDC).
- Astronomical Data Center.
- Planetary Sciences at the NSSDC.
- CDS Online Catalogs.
- W3Browse.
- Finder Chart for Asteroids.
- US Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications.
- Bureau des Longitudes (ephemeris calculations)
- JPL (On-Line) Solar System Tools (ephemeris etc.).
- Abstracts
- Educational Astronomy Tours
- The Nine Planets.
- The Messier Database.
- Deep Sky Names.
- The Web Nebulae.
- Nick Strobel's Great Web Astronomy Notes.
- Views of the Solar System.
- Solar System Live.
- Solar System Slides.
- Classifying Galaxies.
- The Multiwavelength Milky Way.
- Imagine the Universe Home Page.
- Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial.
- A Solar System Coloring Book.
- Eric's Treasure Trove of Astronomy.
- Kepler's Orbits (history of mathematicians).
- Astronomy Education Review.
- Spectroscopy
- The Spectrum of Electromagnetic Radiation.
- Above the Skies: Exploring the Universe through Animated Spectroscopy.
- What is Spectroscopy?
- Introduction to Spectroscopy.
- Seeing the Whole Symphony
- Spectroscopy Now.
- History of Astronomical Spectroscopy.
- Introduction to Spectral Analysis.
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- Rings
- Observatories
- The Virtual Observatory.
- ESO.
- NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) Home Page.
- Gemini Telescope Facility.
- NASA's Spitzer Observatory and Images.
- NASA's SOFIA Home Page.
- Voyager Project Information.
- Voyager 2 at Jupiter: A Human's First Snapshots of Another World
- Galileo Project Information, and 1/45 Scale Model.
- Cassini Project Information, and 1/37 Scale Model, and Where is Cassini Now?
- Hipparcos.
- Stardust Mission Home Page.
- Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory
- Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Project Information.
- New Planets and Search for Other Civilizations
- Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia.
- Other Worlds, Distant Suns Page.
- (Unofficial) New Planets Page.
- Marcy & Butler et al.'s Planet Search.
- How Planet Hunting Works.
- SETI at the University of California.
- The Darwin Project (ESA).
- Mamajek's Exoplanet Page.
- Brown Dwarfs Page.
- SETI Institute Home Page.
- The Anthropic Preprint Archive.
- The Fermi Paradox based on Percolation Theory (Landis).
- "Astrobiology"
- Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9, Comet Hale-Bopp, and other Comets
- Graps' Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Jan '95 MacWorld Expo Presentation.
- Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Home Page (JPL).
- Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Home Page (SEDS).
- Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 List of Sites (SEDS).
- Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 FAQ.
- Comet Hale-Bopp (SEDS).
- Great Comets Observed from Stromboli.
- Comet Hale-Bopp Images by Bob Yen.
- Comet Observation Home Page (JPL).
- Comets and Meteor Showers.
- Comets in our Solar System (paintings by Dixon).
- Asteroids
- Sun
- Dust and Interplanetary Space
- MPI-K, Heidelberg Cosmic Dust Group.
- Dust Evolution in the Universe.
- Cosmic Dust Bibliography.
- Dusty Press.
- Dusty Links.
- Fractal Interstellar Dust by E. Wright.
- Interstellar Dust Grain Sputtering.
- The ISM: Nebula and Interstellar Dust Bunnies.
- The Space Environment- Fast Charged Particles.
- Interplanetary space.
- Heliosphere Boundary.
- Solar Wind Group.
- The Global Structure of Our Solar System.
- Mars
- Io
- Eclipses
- Some Departments
- Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario.
- Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica.
- Leiden Observatory Astronomical Dept.
- George Mason University Space Sciences.
- UC Irvine Astronomy and Astrophysics.
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (Boulder, CO).
- Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Home Page.
- NASA-Ames Space Sciences Division.
- Astronomy News
- Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.
- Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive.
- Portale per l'Astronomia (Italian).
- SkyEye - This month's celestial events.
- NASA Planetary Science Research Discoveries.
- ESO Star Formation Newsletter.
- Active Galaxies Newsletter.
- The Planetary Nebulae Observer's Page.
- Space Calendar.
- Sky and Telescope News Bulletin.
- Decadal Solar System Report.
- The Astroplace.
- FAQs
- Skeptical Science
- Other Astronomy
- Martindale's Astro Calculators On-Line.
- Astro Physical Calculator (JAVA).
- Solar System Data.
- Planet Movements.
- Computing Planetary Positions and tutorial.
- Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator (Fourmilab).
- Orbital Mechanics.
- Self-Gravitating Systems Home Page.
- Gravitational Potential and Tidal Forces.
- GR and Mercury's Orbital Precession.
- Planetary Linguistics.
- Statistical Consulting Center for Astronomy.
- Linux for Astronomy.
- Sundials in Austria and other Countries.
- The Formation of Stars and Planets by MacLow.
- Cosmological Beliefs.
- The Eratosthenes Project.
- Astronomy Students Say the Strangest Things (Keel).
- An Integrated Strategy for the Planetary Sciences.
- Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System.
- Tsyganenko Earth Magnetic Field Model.
- List of Supernova in NGC and IC galaxies.
- Dark Matter (Martin White).
- Mapping the Distant Universe.
- "Warm-Blooded Plants and Freeze-Dried Fish" by Freeman Dyson (11/97)
- La-Grange Net: Variable Stars Database Tools.
- Celestia: a 3-D Space Simulator.
- Kourou Webcam from ESA.
- Organizations and Journals
- European Space Agency.
- European Geophysical Society.
- Division of Planetary Sciences of the AAS.
- Icarus, the International Journal of Solar System Studies.
- The American Astronomical Society.
- The Astrophysical Journal Yellow Pages.
- The Astrophysical Journal.
- The Astronomical Journal.
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- Nature Journal Home Page.
- The Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
- The Planetary Society.
- Sky and Telescope Magazine.
- The Astronomer Magazine.
- Astrobiology Magazine.
- International Science Meetings.
- Bay Area Local Seminars
Math, Algorithms, and Numerical Methods
- Large Math Libraries/Archives
- NetLib National HPCC Software Exchange (NHSE).
- The Computing Research Repository (CoRR).
- NCAR's Mathematics and Statistics Libraries.
- NASA's COSMIC Online Software Catalog.
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville Math Archives.
- GAMS (Guide to Available Math Software).
- SAL's Source Code Repositories.
- Numerical Computing Resources from Indiana U.
- Ajay Shah's C/C++ Math Libraries List.
- NA Net
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Digital Signal Processing
- Time Series and FFTs
- Tufillaro's Nonlinear Time Series Analysis Archive.
- Linda Hinnov Time Series Applications.
- TISEAN Nonlinear Time Series Analysis.
- Software for nonlinear time series analysis.
- StatCodes -- Time series analysis.
- Time series analysis with IDL.
- SSA-MTM Toolkit.
- Time-Stat Software.
- Nice Set of Astro Time Series references.
- Autoregressive Spectrum.
- Practical Time-Series (R).
- FFTW.
- FFT code and related code links (Joerg Arndt).
- Public Domain FFT Code.
- Press
for Wavelet Resources
- Numerical Recipes
- N-Body Methods
- Numerical Integration
- Numerical Differentiation
- Multigrid and Finite Element Methods
- Scientific Visualization
- Scientific Visualization.
- Annotated Scientific Visualization Links.
- Mathematical Visualizations and Animations.
- LASSPTools (Utils for num. analysis and graphics).
- Three-D Surface Contours.
- NCAR Volume Rendering Software: Volsh.
- Bayesian
- Probability Theory As Extended Logic.
- Miscellany of Works on Probabilistic Thinking.
- Giulio D'Agnostini- Probability and Statistics.
- Loredo's Astronomy Bayesian Papers.
- An Intuitive Explanation of Bayesian Reasoning by Yudkowsky.
- Teaching Bayesian Reasoning in less than 2 Hours.
- A Short Exposition on Bayesian Inference and Probability.
- Amazon.com - Bayesian Books
- The Probability Web.
- Maximum Entropy Online Resources.
- Bayesian Sites.
- Bayes' Theorem Calculator.
- Software for Flexible Bayesian Modeling.
- Sex, Lies, and Statistics by Wright. (argument against)
- Carlton Caves.
- Entropy on the WWW.
- D. Lindley: The appreciation of tea and wine.
- Other Statistics
- Data Formats
- Optimization
- Spherical Harmonics
- Powers of Ten
- Organizations and Journals
- Other Numerical
- The Data Analysis BriefBook.
- Steve Sullivan's Numerical Analysis Resource Guide.
- Numerical Analysis, Computer Lab Projects.
- Caltech's Guide to Mathematics Resources.
- Kevin Brown's MathPages, (and physics and music and more...)
- Linux Software Encyclopedia (Steve Baum).
- Numerical Methods.
- GSL- the Gnu Scientific Library (C)
- C/C++ Numerical Libraries (Roldan Pozo).
- C Snippets.
- Computer Algorithms in the Real World.
- Alan Miller's F90 Numerical Code.
- The NetSolve HomePage.
- The Code BiM HomePage (for Stiff ODEs).
- Interval Computations Home Page.
- Math Forum Internet Collection.
- Forth Numerical Methods (Skip Carter).
- Object Oriented Numerics Page (Todd Veldhuizen's).
- Numerical Analysis Articles (Pete Stewart).
- Software Tools for Scientific Computing (Nick Trefethen lecture notes)
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- Doing Physics with Quaternions.
- Trigonometric Identities.
- Mathematics for School and Study.
- Tensor Calculations for Engineering.
- Monte Carlo Methods Tutorial.
- Simulated Annealing (Lester Ingber).
- Multidimensional Analysis (George Hart).
- Level Set Methods (J. Sethian).
- Pascal Numerical Analysis Code (Mark Vaughan).
- Freely Available SW for Linear Algebra (Jack Dongarra).
- Linear and Nonlinear Programming FAQs.
- Lab for Least Squares Lines and Polynomials.
- Introduction to Computer Simulation (Gould and Tobochnik).
- MuPad Math Education Meta-site.
- UIUC and OSU Calculus and Mathematica Instruction.
- Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra (Carl Meyer).
- Matrix Market Test Data Database.
- Computers in Physics Source Code.
- SIAM's World of Mathematics and Computing.
- Statistics Codes for Astronomy.
- Light scattering codes.
- Scattering and Absorption of Light by Small Particles (Bruce T. Draine).
- Astronomy and numerical software source codes.
- Computational Electromagnetics.
- Elementary Math Articles.
- Origami and Math.
- Open Directory: Science: Physics: Computational.
Research Institutions, Groups, and Programs
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
- NASA Ames Research Center.
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- The Santa Fe Institute.
- Cornell Theory Center Home Page.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Modeling and Informatics.
- Army High Performance Computing Center.
- U of Minnesota- The Geometry Center.
- National Academy of Sciences.
- CERN.
- Italy
- Germany
- Stanford
Physics
- LANL Physics E-Print Server.
- Physics FAQ.
- PhysWeb Services.
- The Net Advance of Physics.
- HyperPhysics.
- Frank Potter's Physical Science Gems.
- Physics Tutorials for HS-level.
- Teaching Electromagnetism (seeing magnetic fields...).
- Classical Electrodynamics online textbook.
- Martindale's Physics.
- A mountain hike along the concepts of modern physics.
- Fear of Physics.
- Physics Animations.
- SodaConstructor: a Java-based construction toy.
- Samizdat Press - Great Math Physics (and free) Books.
- Science, Physics, Relativity, FAQs and Feedback.
- Traffic Waves.
- Particle-Surface Resources on the Internet.
- Plasma Physics.
- Space Plasma Software!
- Plasma- the 4th State of Matter
- What is Magnetohydrodynamics? by B. Scott (MPI-PP)
- Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry.
- The Speed of Light.
- Evolution in the Multiverse.
- Fundamental Particles - Print Quality Cut-outs.
- Nuclear Wallet Card.
- Nuclear Wallchart.
- Periodic Table: WebElements.
- Feynman Online.
- Lectures by Stephen Hawking.
- The Prigogine Center: Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems.
- Many Worlds Quantum Theory.
- Nanocomputer Dream Team.
- The Nanotube Site.
- Hardcore Bicycle Science.
- The Newton Project.
- History of E=mc^2
- Warp Drive When?
- Physicists Email Directory.
- A Physics Humor Page.
- How to Study Physics.
- Boids (Flocks, Herds, and Schools).
- Constants and Units
- Organizations and Journals
Fractals, Chaos, Artifificial Life, and Genetic Programming
- Fractal Explorer.
- The Spanky Fractal Database.
- Fractal Image Encoding.
- A Fractal Art Gallery.
- Fractal Clouds Info.
- Mind-Boggling Fractals.
- Fractint Development Team Homepage.
- The (Mis)behavior of Markets by Mandelbrot.
- (Lovely) Strange Attractors.
- Complexity Online.
- Chaos General References (Maryland Chaos Group)
- Chaos journal articles
- Henri Poincare.
- The Chaos FAQ by Ralph Abraham.
- The Chaos Hypertextbook.
- Fractal Music.
- Artificial Life Online.
- John Conway's Game of Life Links.
- Karl Sims (Virtual Creatures).
- A Genetic Algorithm Tutorial.
- Genetic Algorithm Tips by D. Carroll.
- Genetic Algorithms Source/Implementations.
- The Hitch-Hikers Guide to Evolutionary Computation.
- Self-Organizing Systems FAQ.
- The Physics of Alien LifeForms.
- Survival Research Laboratories.
- Nonlinear Science E-Print Archive.
Atmospheric Science and Geology
- Visible Earth Browser.
- USGS Home Page.
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Home Page.
- Welcome to the Remarkable Ocean World.
- Weather Underground Home Page.
- Pennsylvania State University Earth Sciences.
- Stromboli Online.
- How Volcanoes Work.
- Geophysics Reference Materials.
Museums
- The San Francisco Exploratorium.
- The San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation.
- The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Macintosh
- MacDirectory Software.
- ChezMark's MacPicks -- the best in Macintosh Shareware.
- Powerbook Tech - Parts / Repair for your Powerbook.
- Info-Mac Archive Web-searching.
- Pure Mac.
- Mac Mailing Lists.
- Macgurus: the Original Mac Upgraders Geek Boutique.
- Everyting to do with Low-End Macs.
- The Tidbits News Sheet
Searches and Bookstores
- Google.
- Google Usenet Advanced Search.
- Yahoo People Search (formerly Four11 White Page Directory).
- Ask Jeeves.
- The Informant Tracerlock Personal Search Agent.
- Who Where? Email/Web Directory.
- Cody's Books (Berkeley).
- Powell's Technical Books (Portland, Oregon).
- Bartleby.com: Great Books Online.
- Book Search.
Miscellaneous
- Today in Science History.
- How To Write Unmaintainable Code.
- Science and Technology Humor.
- Science in Music.
- Mathematics and Music.
- Altavista Babelfish Translation.
- Greek symbols and math GIFs for Web documents.
- Anonymizer Surfing.
- Oregon Scientific.
- Science News Online.
- Science Week.
- Scientific American News Briefs.
- Scientific American Articles to Explore.
- Virtual Journals in Science and Technology.
- Flying Turtle Exploring Science Website.
- StudyWorks!.
- EDU2 Educational Resources (thousands of links)
- Science Educational Links from Syracuse University.
- Usenet FAQs.
- Three-D Flight Above San Francisco via Radar.
- Science Job Listings for Women.
- Post-doc Jobs
- PhDs.org
- Unix is a Four Letter Word.
- How to Prepare a Poster.
- Dictionaries and Thesauri from the American Math Society.
- One Look Dictionaries.
- Open Directory Project - Science.
- Yahoo-Science.
- Yahoo-Computers.
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Last Modified by Amara Graps on 26 October 2004.
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