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HyperPhysics (1998)

hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu

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This was a lifesaver over and over in my graduate studies... what was that formula again? Just need a hint at how to derive this equation? Dang how do I do that again? Oh yeah, its at that gsu.edu site...

Funny, I think I recall finding the hyperphysics using altavista.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Solids/hitc.html#...

Would have come in very handy back in grad x-ray diffraction lab!

Worry next-gen VRPhysics demos will have the half life of a java applet ;)

For me, webgpu multi-physics simulations (digital twins) are enough fun to play with. But K-12 requires tactile experiences for real-world practical learning.

Why not teach them to construct state-of-the-art 3D lightfields instead? I recall building optical viewfinders using whatever lenses were available to me at 12. Why not provide kits for hands-on adaptive optics? Exactly the kinds of projects they should be doing!

Split-Lohmann Multifocal Displays [SIGGRAPH 2023 Best Paper] Image Science Lab @CMU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbg8qOCjUM

I think what's sad is that out of this project eventually was born a pedagogical program within the physics department to innovate teaching and learning at Georgia state. However every person they hired to do it was unable to get tenure because of one reason or another. The only one to push forward was Brian Thoms who gave up his research to devote his full-time attention to teaching and learning. But now he's retiring. I did my masters at gsu more then ten years ago. There were many younger professors who loved to teach and cared a lot about their students. But most of the older ones prevented them from discussing it openly and changing how teaching was done.

My absolute favourite "ugly" website.

Legendary. Saved my physics degree

Does anyone know if there’s a good way to download a site like this as an archive for fully offline use? Or what the best technique would be these days? Ideally to have the full site map locally hostable

It literally got me through college and I want to keep it in case they ever take it offline

I don't know if it's still there but there used to be an option to buy all their content in CD format.

I believe there is a DVD version: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/index.html#ahph

A simple web crawler? All the hyperlinks are interconnected, should be easy

Didn't know it was so old. Definitely a giant whose shoulder I stood on

HyperPhysics was a fantastic resource even during my studies in the 2010s. Despite the perceived "ugliness" of the format, I found it incredibly intuitive. The "chunking" of the formulas and physics into easily digestible bits of information allowed one to focus on learning one core concept at a time.

I would really love to create a similar website with a more modern stack for my own purposes but don't really know where to begin - so if anyone has any advice here it would be much appreciated!

I'd say focus on the area you feel most comfortable on, that site is seriously great but a more modern version could bring to bear some useful things like numerical methods and interact with the trove of great research as well. https://optics.byu.edu/textbook is an open source wiki type textbox that I really enjoy.

Updated copyright notice, probably. The site recently turned 25. Also I distinctly remember accessing it over a dialup connection long ago.

I had forgotten the name of this website and was looking for it to brush up some old formulae. This site is indispensable, love the explanations.

Being a paper book person (and bibliophile) myself, I wish this could be formated into a typeset pdf format.

I finished my physics degree in 1996. Sigh.

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