This is a very detailed site containing information on several sub-atomic particles including the Hadron.

This college-level physics course on acoustics provides a variety of charts and short descriptions of the physics involved in using loudspeakers and audio equipment. Related links.

Home page for a hypertext physics course on auditorium acoustics and acoustical design.

This site has a definition and properties of Leptons, the "Basic building blocks of matter." There are links to table of properties and more information.

Pitch is the ear's response to frequency, and here you can get a better understanding of pitch, its measurement and the perception of pitch.

This is a resource for students to use in their study of minerals. It begins with a general description that includes the list of essential characteristics of a "mineral." Minerals are then grouped alphabetically. Selecting a name...

Discusses the methods the human body uses to regulate body temperature. Includes links to the four external heat transfer mechanisms (radiation, conduction, convection, and evaporation of perspiration).

Discusses perspiration in the context of physics.

This GSU site describes what aerobics is, some of the benefits derived from participating and different types of aerobics.

One of the first lines of evidence suggesting the existence of plate tectonics was the discovery of very similar fossils in rock masses separated by vast distances and by ocean expanses. It suggested that those land areas had in the past...

Charles' law is derived from the ideal gas law. An equation of the ideal gas law under pressure constraints is given and the derivation is explained.

Contains some pictures and a brief description of how a Geiger Counter functions.

A look at the reaction that fuels the Sun with this diagram of the nuclear fusion process.

Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...

A physics tutorial on designing an auditorium and solving the problem of sound reflection. Illustrated.

This hypertext physics course tutorial on nonfocusing surfaces relates various design principles to good auditorium design. Illustrated.

This technical site provides an in depth look at membrane transport by clearly explaining the processes of diffusion and osmosis. Links are provided to clarify terminology.

This site from the Georgia State University provides a good overview of ferromagnetic materials, introducing concepts such as magnetic domains, hysteresis, the curie temperature, and magnetostriction.

A great introduction to magnetic domains, including pictures which illustrate the effect on domains caused by external applied magnetic fields.

This site defines hadrons and their characteristics. There are links to explanations and more detailed information about interactions and composition.

This site from the Georgia State University contains a good overview of some of the magnetic properties that are common to all materials, such as susceptibility and permeability, and then specific discussion of both diamagnetic and...

Information about the interference of sound and its causes. Well-illustrated and good explanations of the concepts; part of a large hyper-textbook on various physics concepts.

This hypertext physics course page illustrates and explains the Doppler effect. Users perform practice calculations for frequency shifts using the Doppler equation.

An indexing page for an elaborate and in-depth hyper-textbook on various physics topics. This page indexes several others which pertain to human ability to perceive sound and recognize pitch. Introduces and explains Place Theory.