Exam Preparation

Visit this site to see online lecture notes from a University of Michigan course on Global Change.

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents the fundamentals of biochemistry through selected topics, incorporating the most important recent developments and applications into its presentation.

This book provides an introduction to those features of the atmospheric environment of particular relevance to plants; it also describes the physical and physiological principles required for understanding how these factors affect plants.

Including 4,000 clear and concise entries, this book covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts in biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, as well as terms from medicine and paleontology taking into account the recent advances in these fields. 

This website describes plate tectonic theory, how it works, and how it relates to Earth's history. 

This resource explains all of the elements needed for a fuller understanding of geology in a concise and understandable way.

Gordin's A Well-Ordered Thing tells Dmitri Mendeleev's story detailed with Russian history and molecular chemistry.

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) received funding from the National Science Foundation to prepare a middle school mathematics module incorporating real-time weather data.  This section of the module includes information on basic concepts in thermodynamics.

This volume is a thorough introduction to modern ideas on cosmology and on the physical basis of the general theory of relativity.

An introduction to the quantitative treatment of chemical reaction engineering. Covers both homogeneous and heterogeneous reacting systems and both chemical reaction engineering and chemical reactor engineering.

Quick-reference for beginners on various parts of the human body and how they work together. Includes icons, other navigational aids, tear-out sheets, and full-color appendices.

Astronomy For Dummies tells you what you need to know to make sense of the world above us. Written by one of the most well-known astronomers in the world, this fact-filled, and accessible guide fills you in on the basic principles of astronomy including how to: identify planets and stars, explore our solar system, understand the Big Bang, and more. Featuring star maps, charts, gorgeous full-color photographs, and easy-to-follow explanations it gives you a leg up on the basic science of the universe.

From asteroids to black holes, quasars to white dwarfs, Astronomy For Dummies takes you on a tour of the universe. Featuring star maps, charts, full-color photographs, and easy-to-follow explanations.

This site provides various visual examples of atmospheric optics. 

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and science of major air pollution issues.

This text provides for a clear understanding of how electricity is produced, measured, controlled and used. A minimum of mathematics is used for direct explanations of primary cells, magnetism, Ohm's Law, capacitance, transformers, DC generators, and AC motors. Other essential topics covered include conductance, current flow, electromagnetism and meters.

Students in biology will find this site useful for information on molecular biology. At the bottom of the main chapters, you will find links to relevant documentation.

Part of a series that allows students to review in-depth or briefly, depending on the amount of review that they require. Chapters are broken down into topics, all information is presented in bulleted or outline format, and includes many illustrations with detailed biochemical structures.

The Principia Cybernetica Project aims to develop a complete philosophy based on the principles of evolutionary cybernetics. Their website has a large section devoted to Biological Evolution.

This book is intended to introduce advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students to the quantum mechanical concepts employed in materials science. Topics range from experimental trends in bonding and structure to the bonding of transition metals and semiconductors.

This site contains information and resources for cell and molecular biologists.

This book describes how cells work. It presents a new, simpler approach to fundamental processes such as movement, transport, division, and communication, based on sound physical principles.

Discusses four chemical naming systems, when to use them, and how to write out chemical formulas.

In Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics, Houston emphasizes the essential principles of kinetics and dynamics through relevant examples and current research, providing students with a clear, basic understanding.

This chemical kinetics book blends physical theory, phenomenology, and empiricism to provide a guide to the experimental practice and interpretation of reaction kinetics in solution.