Exam Preparation

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.

From asteroids to black holes, quasars to white dwarfs, Astronomy For Dummies takes you on a tour of the universe. This test text features 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.

This guide covers such topics as matter and energy, elements and atoms, acids and gases, and much more. Discusses the basic chemistry concepts and how chemistry affects our day-to-day lives.

Have you ever wondered about the differences between liquids, gases, and solids? Or what actually happens when something burns? What exactly is a solution? An acid? A base? This is chemistry—the composition and structure of substances composing all matter, and how they can be transformed. This interactive guide gives you a fresh approach to this subject.

This widely used textbook includes such subjects as the electrostatic field in vacuum; boundary conditions and relation of microscopic to macroscopic fields; general methods for the solution of potential problems; and Maxwell's equations, among others. 

This work by a noted physicist takes a look at a fundamental of physics, tracing its development from ancient to modern times. Kepler’s initiation of scientific conceptualization, Newton’s definition, post-Newtonian reinterpretation—contrasting concepts of Leibniz, Boscovich, Kant with those of Mach, Kirchhoff, and Hertz.