School Stuff
High school
level educational stuff mainly on astronomy, chemistry,
geology
| Leonardo
of Pisa and Wall Street - beat the stock market with math |
Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 -
download viewer for the 28 volumes |
| MIT
Physics - download viewer for 35
YouTube physics lectures |
The speed of Light - how Ole Rømer in 1676 determined this constant |
| Finding of Helium and "Thors Gruve" - the story of a local mine | Time - about timepieces and how time and distance are connected |
| GeoGebra - free geometry and algebra software widely used in schools |
Linear and exponential growth - flight movements on major airport as example |
| Math at McDonalds - parabola or catenary? |
Jmol Java applet demo - explore a DNA molecule with the free Jmol viewer |
| LyX Document Processor - alternative word processor for pro reports | Black stones - about some pebbles picked on a Sunday walk |
| Armchair astronomy - travel in time from the comfort of your best chair |
Yacas - "old school" advanced Java calculator / CAS from the Yacas team |
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A visit to Norway - geological expedition in 1879 by two Scottish friends |
Multiplication and Division - abacuses and Napiers invention of the logaritm |
| Astronomy Course - 24 YouTube lectures for non-scientists by Prof. Bailyn |
Highlights in Calculus - five introductory video lectures by Gilbert Strang |
| Textbooks - textbooks in PDF format for download |
Chemistry lessons - app for viewing 36 professional produced video lectures |
| Popular Science - old world DIY projects in biology,chemistry,microscopy |
SCCtv - amazingly well done 24/7 online college TV station |
| Nature - reader for 15 volumes of the journal, hosted by The Internet Archive |