Physics & Astronomy: Encyclopedias, Reference & More

Contains a list in chronological order (1901 - Present) of the award winners with brief biographical information and a description of the discovery.

A thesaurus for astronomy; find similar meaning words related to astronomy. You will not find definitions for the words within.

This resource by NTIS includes CODATA Internationally recommended values of the fundamental physical constants: universal, electromagnetic, atomic and nuclear, physio-chemical, adopted values, non-SI units, conversion factors for energy equivalents, x-ray values, and more.

Includes the following: Elemental Data Index, periodic table (atomic properties of the elements), physical constants, atomic spectroscopy data, molecular spectroscopic data, atomic and molecular data, x-ray and gamma-ray data, radiation dosimetry data, nuclear physics data, condensed matter physics data, and other NIST data.

Physical constants, astronomical data, and physics calculator.

Provides reference info such as lists physical constants, astronomy data, interactive periodic table, humidity & wind chill index, nuclear & particle data, unit conversions, and more.

Provides a history of superconductors, and glossary.

This glossary contains information on more than 2000 terms, phrases and abbreviations used by the National Weather Service (NWS).