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Physics Subject Guide

Databases

  • Academic Search Elite
    Multi-disciplinary database offers full-text, dating from 1985 to present, for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals, including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study- EBSCOhost
  • General Science Full Text
    Covers everything from supernovas to marine pollution and is the ideal source for researchers seeking information on a variety of scientific topics. Abstracts leading journals and magazines from the United States and Great Britain- WilsonWeb
  • Today's Science
    Science News written especially for students.

Books

  • Particle Astrophysics
    by D.H. Perkins
    QB464 .P47 2003
    Perkins (particle and astrophysics, Oxford University) provides background on particle physics and the astrophysics of the early universe in this text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Introductory chapters cover the interactions of elementary particles and their role in the expanding universe. Cosmological asymmetries, dark matter, and dark energy are examined, and final chapters turn to the growth of cosmic structure in high energy cosmic rays and the particle processes in stars. Worked examples, problems, and solutions are included. Some knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity is assumed. Description fromBook News, Inc., Portland, OR 
  • Modern Physics and Ancient Faith
    by Stephen M. Barr
    BL265 .P4 B37 2003
    Barr (physics, Univ. of Delaware) provides a well-written and logically argued presentation on the relationship between religion and science, particularly modern physics. Barr's background in theology, apparent in his discussions of Thomas Aquinas, serves him well as he shows that the argument is not between religion and science per se but between religion and scientific materialism, the philosophy that sees as real only what can be measured and observed. Writing in a popular style, Barr makes both modern physics and theology understandable to the lay reader. He believes that a person can accept the Big Bang and other discoveries of modern physics and still believe in a creator God, further arguing that recent discoveries in physics would seem to support Judeo-Christian teachings and not materialism. While not everyone will be convinced by Barr's arguments, he offers a cogent discussion of a very popular topic. A much more scholarly work than Frank J. Tipler's The Physics of Immortality, this is a worthy successor to P.C.W. Davies's God and the New Physics and John D. Barrow and Tipler's The Anthropic Cosmological Principle. Highly recommended for all collections.-Augustine J. Curley, Newark Abbey, NJ Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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Journals

Websites

  • Center for the History of Physics
    Presents the history of modern physics and allied fields including astronomy, geophysics, optics, and the like.
  • Physics Central
    "Presents the latest research and the people who are doing it." Includes a writer's gallery of physicists' essays and a question and answer service about how things work. Sections highlight news, pictures, and the careers of interesting scientists.  Description from Librarian's Index to the Internet.
  • PhysicsWeb
    Includes news, articles, and a comprehensive annotated index to on-line physics resources. Includes a classified business directory with links to suppliers of lab equipment and other materials, worldwide job listings, and information on conferences and workshops- Librarian's Index to the Internet