Note: The following links in no way represent endorsements of services, products or information and are by no means a "complete" set of links. To recommend additions or changes, contact David A. McMurrey.

Museums & Exhibits

Also check Yahoo's science search list and Yahoo's listing of scientific and technological museums on the web.

Astronomy & Physics

• Mysteries of Deep Space: About the Hubble Space Telescope. Good information about the Hubble provided by PBS.

• Physics Demonstration Sites: Physics Lab Demonstrations, University of Maryland Physics Lecture-Demonstration Facility, and a listing of other physics demonstration sites.

• The National Air and Space Museum. A Smithsonian Institute museum, located in Washington, DC, with online features such as exhibits and lectures on scientific and technological aspects of Star Trek, Mars Pathfinder, and more.

• The Museum of Physics in Naples, Italy. English-version exhibits and information on early work and instruments used in optics, heat, and electromagnetism.

• Complete Multimedia Course on the Stars and Galaxies. Bradford Robotic Telescope Observatory website offering opportunities for student research, featuring audio and video clips. From the Department of Industrial Technology, Bradford University, UK.

• Tour of Our Solar System. A beautiful site with images of the planets and plentiful information on each. Includes information on the Sun, asteroids, comets, meteorites, and famous astronomers.

• Multimedia Tour of the Sun. Plentiful information about the Sun with MPEG video clips, all provided by Michiel Berger, a graduate student at the University of Amsterdam.

• Adventures in Astronomy. Various links into the world of astronomy, provided by Terry Hendrix. Be sure and check Page Two, which includes an extraordinary list of related links.

• Hypertextbook of Astronomy. From the Electronic Universe Project at the University of Oregon.

• Astrotext. An online introductory astronomy textbook developed with contributions from the Internet

• Black Holes and Mysteries of the Cosmos. Ideas and opinions about black holes and the mysteries of the cosmos including chaos theory, quantum theory, the universe, the cosmos, and the Big Bang.

• The Nine Planets. Multimedia tour of the Solar System provided by Bill Arnett.

• Nova Country. Information, announcements, discoveries, images of in novae, supernovae, and other cataclysmic variables.

General Science

• Science for the Millenium. NCSA's multimedia online exposition, complete with QuickTime video and VRML versions.

• New Scientist. Articles from the science magazine.

• National Geographic Online. Articles, exhibits, resources from National Geographic. Also, see Map Machine.

• Omni Magazine Online. The science magazine online version with plenty of science and technology news, video clips, chatrooms, an online mind-brain laboratory, and even science fiction and horror stories.

• The TechMOOseum. A text-based virtual reality created by staff, volunteers, and visitors of The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California.

• Smithsonian Institution Home Page. Links to the museums, resources, activities, events, and organizations that are a part of the Smithsonian.

• Discovery Channel Online. The site at a glance and interesting articles on technology, science, nature, and history.

• Institute and Museum of History of Science, in Florence, Italy -- Online Exhibitions. Multimedia information on Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Torriceli, Redi, and more.

• The Franklin Institute Science Museum. Online exhibits and articles on El Nino, the heart, Mount Everest, women in science, and more.

Industry & Technology

• How Things Work. An online, chat-based version of How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life, by Louis A. Bloomfield, Professor of Physics, the University of Virginia. A wonderful website where you submit your question and get a response or just review past questions and answers.

• Technology Education Index. Excellent information and resources on a wide variety of topics such as robotics, history of science, and energy. Click on How Things Work for a resource similar to Dr. Bloomfield's.

• Musée des arts et métiers. Science- and technology-related online exhibitions, news, links from France.

• Oyster & Maritime Museum - Oyster Industry. Pictures and information on the oyster industry, past and present, presented by the Chincoteague Oyster and Maritime Museum.

• Charles River Museum of Industry A center for the exploration of the history of industry and technology and for the study the dynamic process of innovation in order to encourage and inspire future innovation in America.

• Maritime Industry Museum. Maintained by the State University of New York Maritime College, Bronx, NY.

• Michigan Iron Industry Museum, Negaunee MI. Presents the history of Michigan's three iron ranges and the people who worked them.

• Museum of Scientific Discovery. Online exhibits and information relating to science, technology, and history from the Harrisburg, PA museum. (Check out the virtual tour of a 727 cockpit.)

• Technology Museum of Thessaloniki. Website of the Greek museum dedicated to the preservation of the technical and industrial heritage in Greece, the familiarisation of the public with the technology and the dissemination of new ideas.

Human Body, Mind, and Health

• The Whole Brain Atlas. Harvard Medical School lecture notes on normal brain and various disease, with plenty of images.

• ShuffleBrain. Collection of interesting articles on the brain, provided by Paul Pietsch, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University.

• Debunking the Digital Brain. Scientific American article debunking the analogy between the computer and the human brain.

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