Physics Resources

Online Courses:

• OnlineCourse.com
• MIT OpenCourse Ware

Useful Tools:

• Phet: Interactive simulations of physics, chemistry, math, and more.
• Wolfram Alpha: A great tool for checking integrals, three-dimensional plots, or solving complex calculations.
• HyperPhysics: An all-encompassing flow chart that provides concise, yet thorough, explanation of a large variety of physics topics complete with equations and basic examples.
• Dynamic Periodic Table: An interactive Web 2.0 periodic table with dynamic layouts showing names, electrons, oxidation, trend visualization, orbitals, and isotopes.

Physics Inspiration:

• The Universe:
  • The Known Universe – A video zooming out from the Earth to provide a sense of the scale and makeup of the known universe.
  • Starts with a Bang - Astrophysics and more
  • The Theory of Everything: Intro – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Open Letter to the Universe – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Picture of the Bing Bang (a.k.a The Oldest Light in the Universe) – (MinutePhysics video)
  • What Are Years…. And the Galactic Supermassive Black Hole – (MinutePhysics video)
  • 2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy – (MinutePhysics video)
  • How to photograph the stars, moon, and Milky Way - Astrophotography

• The Earth:
  • The Tides – (MinutePhysics video)

• Mechanics:
  • Usain Bolt Vs. Gravity – (MinutePhysics video)
  • The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy – (MinutePhysics video)

• Quantum:
  • The Origin of Quantum Mechanics – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Einstein’s Proof of E = mc2 – (MinutePhysics video)
  • E = mc2 is incomplete – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Can We Predict Everything? – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Schrodinger’s Cat – (MinutePhysics video)
  • What is the Uncertainty Principle? – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Albert Einstein: Why Light is Quantum – (MinutePhysics video)
  • What is Quantum Tunneling? – (MinutePhysics video)
  • What is a Neutrino? – (MinutePhysics video)
    Faster Than Light Neutrinos (maybe): Field Trip! – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Higgs Boson Pt. I – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Higgs Boson Pt. II: What is mass? – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Higgs Boson Pt. III: How to discover a particle – (MinutePhysics video)

• Light Waves:
  • How Do We See Light? – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Why is it Dark at Night? – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Albert Einstein: Why Light is Quantum – (MinutePhysics video)
  • How Lasers Work (in theory) – (MinutePhysics video)
  • How to Break the Speed of Light – (MinutePhysics video)

• Math:
  • Proof Without Words: The Circle – (MinutePhysics video)
  • Round Triangles – (MinutePhysics video)
  • How to Count to Infinity – (MinutePhysics video)

• Misc:
  • Football, Physics and Symmetry – (MinutePhysics video)
  • What is Fire? – (MinutePhysics video)

Procrastination:

• Blogs
  
  • Big Red Button - ‪
  • xkcd - ‪ A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
  • xkcd what if? - comic
  • Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal – comic
  • Empirical Zeal -
  • Sean Carroll -
  • Terry Tao -
  • It’s Okay To Be Smart -
  • I ¶#@*ing Love Science -
  • NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day -
  • Radiolab -
  • The Scale of the Universe -
  • The Character of Physical Law -
  • Fake Science -
• Videos & YouTube Channels
  • CGP Grey Explains – not physics oriented but still insightful
  • Sixty Symbols - videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy
  • Periodic Videos -
  • Numberphile -
  • Veritasium - ‪
  • Crash Course -
  • The Brain Scoop -
  • Smarter Every Day -
  • Vi Hart -
  • George Hart -
  • Vsauce -
  • TED-Ed -
  • MinuteEarth - ‪