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Some Famous Indian Scientists

We have compiled short biographies of some famous Indian scientists. This is available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file . You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files. Acrobat Reader is freely available from the Adobe Web page .

Some great books

We have also compiled a list of books which will inspire you. This is available in PDF format . Happy reading!

A Revolution in Physics

Einstein's Papers of 1905 Made Simple

To commemorate the passing of a century after the publication of Einstein's landmark papers in 1905, the year 2005 is being celebrated as the International Year of Physics all over the world. As part of the celebrations, we bring to you simplified versions of four of the above papers. This booklet is available for download as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file . You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files. Acrobat Reader is freely available from the Adobe Web page .

Happy reading!

General Science Websites

Scientific American Website : An excellent source of general science articles. http://www.scientificamerican.com

PBS Websites : The public broadcasting services of the US have some excellent programs suitable for high school students and may provide very good teaching aids for science teachers. This also includes the Nova website which has movies that can be ordered.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/bioindex.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova This site links to many other scientific sites and is an extremely useful resource for information on current scientists and research.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

National Geographic Website : http://www.nationalgeographic.com This site is also a very helpful resource for locating information on current scientific work; it also contains information on earlier scientists.

Discovery Website : http://www.discovery.com/

Nobel Website :

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive Lists the winners of the Nobel prizes in all fields with some brief information on each. Also has them subcategorized by women. The site is linked to the amazon.com site, so books on any of the prize-winners will come up.

Biology Websites

Careers in Biology

http://www.sicb.org/cib/index.html Links to all types of biology careers including ecology, zoology, and neurobiology.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/CC/
Biotechnology-related fields and interviews with esteemed professionals in those fields.

General Biology Websites

http://www.medicines-inside.com/ Find out how medicines we take for granted work.
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/ We touch, taste and smell our world would not be the same without these senses. How do they work?
http://www.phys.ksu.edu:80/gene/ The Gene homepage says the network is "dedicated to rescuing teachers and other students from terminal boredom by helping them do real science with modern research organisms."
http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/ A multimedia primer on the basics of genetics and heredity.
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/ This web site contains a virtual interactive cell. Biology teachers and students will enjoy cutting and zooming in on the different layers and organelles of the cell.
http://www.cs.brown.edu/stc/outrea/greenhouse/nursery/biology/home.html This site has a great three-dimensional representation of a cell! Students get to see an inside view of common organelles like mitochondria and the Golgi apparatus.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ehceduc.html http://www.dana.org/brainweek/education.cfm Websites that provide a broad approach to basic questions on the brain.
Access Excellence: http://www.accessexcellence.org/ This is an archive of favorite classroom activities submitted by high school biology and life sciences teachers participating in the Access Excellence programs. Lots of practical, hands-on biology labs and activities. Excellent classroom resource for biology teachers.
Benjamin Franklin High School's Links to Biology Info: http://education.zefex.com/ This web page at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, La. contains a very extensive list of links to biology sites.
CSUBIOWEB: http://arnica.csustan.edu/ California State University has really outdone themselves with this web page. An excellent resource for studying biological science. This page has some excellent graphics of plants. Extensive links to biology websites are included.
The Biology Place: http://www.biology.com/ The Biology Place is an excellent resource for any biology class. Lots of great information on current topics in all areas of biology. Highest recommendation for all biology teachers.
Medicines: The Inside Story: http://www.medicines-inside.com/ How do medicines we take for granted work?
Photosynthesis class: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html An excellent basic lecture on photosynthesis
Human Anatomy Online: www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
A interactive tour of the human body: http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm Everything about animals on the Internet!
Biology in motion: www.biologyinmotion.com A great website for students and educators. With the help of animations, it explains some of the different processes that occur in our bodies.
http://www.biointeractive.org/ Virtual labs, animations, virtual museum, web video, and "click and learn" mini lessons from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The BBC's Blue Planet website: www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/ The BBC's Blue Planet website is a fantastic collection of webpages based on the documentary of the same name. Your first stop should be at the games section, where you can take part in various aquatic adventures.
The Virtual Cell Web page: www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm A fantastic virtual tour of a human cell

Chemistry Websites

http://www.ncl.ox.ac.uk/quicktime/index.html This web site contains a downloadable collection of quicktime movies of chemical animations such as catalytic reactions and 3-D molecules.
http://www.eyesoftime.com/teacher/chem.htm This site links many chemistry resources by topic. A unique feature is the ability to ask a teacher chemistry questions.
http://people.morehead-st.edu/fs/h.hedgec/sciteach.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659 CHEMystery is a virtual text book on chemistry.
http://www.webelements.com/

Math Websites

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/topics/Mathematicians.html
http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/abrown/index2.html
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/RBallHist.html Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries
http://www.geometry.net/math.html A Geometry Site
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Indexes/Full_Alph.html Site of Biographies of Mathematicians
http://mathforum.org This site includes resources in mathematics for school students, teachers, parents. Also contains some research related material on mathematics teaching and learning. The 'Problems of the Week' contains problems at different levels of mathematics. It includes selected alternative solutions posted by problem solvers which is really nice. The `Ask Dr. Math' gives useful explanations of math concepts and the discussion groups are about teaching methods.
http://www.cut-the-knot.org Contains interesting puzzles, problems, theorems, proofs, etc. Also has links to other good sites (including all those listed below).
http://nrich.maths.org The site is run by the University of Cambridge. It contains problems for different age groups (5 to 18) that one can post solutions to. Selected solutions are published at the website. One can also post questions. There is an archive of questions posted earlier with answers (in blue coloured font). There are also articles, features, etc.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/ A fairly comprehensive archive: contains teaching materials, public domain software, shareware, books, articles, etc.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ The MacTutor history of mathematics archive. The best known website for historical information about mathematicians and mathematics.
http://www.maa.org/ This is the website of the Mathematical Association of America. Contains useful resources for college mathematics teachers including book reviews.
http://e-math.ams.org/ Website of the main professional organization in mathematics: American Mathematical Society. The journal `Notices of the AMS' is online. Plus interesting essays.
Interactive page for Euclid's Elements

Physics Websites

General Physics

http://ippex.pppl.gov/
http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/other/othersites.html
http://newton.physics.wwu.edu:8082/jstewart/scied/physics.html
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/physicseducation.htm
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~yliu/physics/education.html
http://www.lightandmatter.com/
http://www.physlink.com/
http://www.ba.infn.it/www/didattica.html
http://physicsweb.org/
http://www.psrc-online.org/
http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/phys.html
http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/info/subjectg/SPS/gateways.shtml
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/astronomy/astroweb/astro_misc.html
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/phys-sci/gravity/index2.htm The Gravity Tutorials : This site offers lessons on the history of physics and quizzes divided by difficulty. All lessons offer animated examples and section-ending quizzes.
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html The Physics Classroom contains a number of lessons relating to the topics of 1-D kinematics; Newton's Laws; vectors; momentum; and work, energy and power. Contains many example problems and diagrams. Text, graphics
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html It contains explanations of many physics concepts, related questions and answers.
http://amasci.com/feynman.html The Richard Feynman Site.
http://www.nasa.gov The NASA Website
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html Hyper-Physics is an exploration environment for concepts in physics which employs concept maps and other linking strategies to facilitate smooth navigation. The rationale for such concept maps is to provide a visual survey of conceptually connected material, and it is hoped that they will provide answers to the question ``where do I go from here?''.
http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/ A service providing answers to questions about physics, science, and how things in the world around us work. Companion to the book by the same name.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Learn how everything works
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm Physics demonstrations, descriptions, discussions of the physics, and hazards to avoid. Groupings are light, magnetism, electricity, sound, heat, and motion.
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/ Chemistry professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri shares the fun of science through home science activities, demonstration shows, videos and books.
http://www.chem4kids.com/
http://www.webelements.com/

Physics and Sports

Physics of Space Travel

Astronomy Sites

Astronomy resources

Astro-chemistry

Astrobiology

Nanotechnology

http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/index.html University of Wisconsin Nano Education site Lots of resources, movies etc. on Nanotechnology.
http://block.chem.rpi.edu/html/E_Outreach/LevelSix/hitchhikersguide.htm A Hitchhikers Guide to the Nano World
http://www.zyvex.com/nano The Zyvex site
http://www.nanoscience.com/ Nanoscience Education site

Teacher's Resources

http://www.treasure-troves.com/
http://www.lessonplansearch.com/Science/
http://peer.tamu.edu/curriculum_modules/storytime/
http://school.discovery.com/
http://www.teachwithmovies.com An excellent site that provides abstracts of movies and information about their usefulness, their ratings, and where to find them. This is an excellent site for someone who wants a more personal view of many scientists and/or their discoveries.
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/micheles/websites.htm Website with links to a variety of sources for teaching aids in biology and chemistry.

Scientists Biographies

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/
http://www.sciencecases.org/sci_bios/sci_bios.asp
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/aasmemoirs/aas_memlist.htm Biographies of Women Mathematicians
http://www.imsa.edu/team/irc/research/pathfinders/biography.html This is an excellent site with links to other sites.
http://www.sacnas.com/biography/listsscientist.asp Scientific biographies with pictures; many of the entries are actually autobiographies. The site was created for the high school students but has great information and many links to other sites and e-mail addresses.
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Scients.htm Includes biographical information for scientists; read by simply clicking on the letter of their last name.

टाटा मूलभूत अनुसंधान संस्थान Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

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Einstein's Papers of 1905 Made Simple

Careers in Biology

General Biology Websites

टाटा मूलभूत अनुसंधान संस्थान
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research