Matter Resources
By Ron Kurtus (updated 8 February 2022)
The following are resources and references on the Physics of Matter. Each topic includes websites and books:
Use these resources to help your understanding of the material.
Matter
Matter - Wikipedia
Matter is the Stuff Around You - Chem4Kids.com
Matter: Definition & the Five States of Matter - LiveScience.com
Kilogram - Wikipedia
Books
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Particles
Proton - Wikipedia
Neutron - Wikipedia
Electron - Wikipedia
Subatomic particle - Wikipedia
Elementary particles - University of Oregon
Elementary particle - Wikipedia
The Bohr Model of an Atom - University of Tennessee Knoxville Astrophysics
The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom - SparkNotes
Quantum Mechanics - Wikipedia
Books
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Antiparticles
Antiparticles - HyperPhysics
Antiparticle - Wikipedia
Particle/Anti-Particle Annihilation - Matt Strassler, Physicist
Electron–positron annihilation - Wikipedia
Particle–antiparticle annihilation - Wikipedia
Antimatter - CERN Partical Accelerator
Anitmatter - Wikipedia
Status of Antimatter in Space Travel - NASA
The five greatest mysteries of antimatter - New Scientist Magazine
Kinetic theory of matter
Kinetic Theory - HyperPhysics
Kinetic theory of gases - Wikipedia
Brownian motion - Wikipedia
Books
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Top-rated books on Atomic Theory
Introduction to Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory of Matter by Anatoly I. Burshtein; Wiley-Interscience (1995)
Density
Density - Wikipedia
Densities of Solid Materials - Engineering Technology
How to measure the densities of metals - WikiHow
Relationship between atomic number and density is not linear - Physics Stack Exchange
Element Density and Hardness - Ask a Scientist - Dept. of Energy
Books
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States of matter
States of Matter - Purdue University
States of Matter - Chem4Kids.com
States of Matter - NOVA
Video of States of Matter - YouTube
State of Matter - Wikipedia
Phases of Matter - Wikipedia
Phases of Matter - NASA
Phase transition - Wikipedia
Books
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Equilibrium Between Phases of Matter: Phenomenology and Thermodynamics by H.A.J. Oonk and M.T. Calvet; Springer (2010) $109.00
Liquid Crystals: Nature's Delicate Phase of Matter, by Peter J. Collings; Princeton University Press (2001) $46.38
Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics: An Introduction by Helmut Satz; Springer (2012) $59.95
States of Matter by David L. Goodstein; Dover Pubns (2002) $40.15
Children's books
What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and Paul Meisel; Collins (1998) $5.99
States of Matter: A Question and Answer Book by Bayrock and Fiona; Capstone Press (2007) $6.75
Solids, Liquids, And Gases by Ginger Garrett: Childrens Pr (2005) $4.95
Experiments With Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Salvatore Tocci; Children's Press (2002) $6.95
Fluids
Density - Wikipedia
Buoyancy - HyperPhysics
Archimedes - Short biography
Archimedes - Wikipedia
Books
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Top-rated books on Physics of Fluids
Fluid Mechanics by Ira M. Cohen and Pijush K. Kundu; Academic Press (2004) $74.95
Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics by Rutherford Aris; Dover Publications (1990) $14.95
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics by Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, Theodore H. Okiishi; Wiley (2001) $37.95
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