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AIP History of Physics & Allied Fields
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Timeline of Mathematics & Theoretical Physics
Includes a brief history of string theory
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Chemistry of the Elements (2nd Edition)
Reference text by Greenwood & Earnshaw
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Nuclear Data Section, International Atomic Energy Agency
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Resources and Services for Physics Education from the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
95th edition, 2014-2015
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International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (1st Edition)
1926-1930 edition, 7 volumes, full text online
Handbook of Mathematical Functions
Reference text by Abramowitz & Stegun; 1972 Edition
IAEA Nuclear Data Services
Incudes CINDA, Atomic Mass Data Center, IAEA TECDOCS
Knovel Critical Tables (2nd Edition)
Expanded ICT physical properties tables
Numerical Recipes in C, Fortran 77, & Fortran 90
PDFs of Numerical Recipes in C, Fortran 77, and Fortran 90 (2nd Editions).
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Particle Physics Information (SLAC)
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory
Review of Particle Physics (Particle Data Group)
Periodic Table of Elements
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Physics Formulary (Equations)
Last updated English version dates: July 8, 2012.
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Princeton University Press - Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
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Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Edition)
Reference text by Forsynthe
The Laws List
The Laws list is a list of various laws, rules, principles, and other related topics in physics and astronomy created by E. M. Francis.
Martindale's Physics Calculators On-Line Center
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Free access to all 3 volumes of the Feynman Lectures on Physics from California Institute of Technology.
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Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
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