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Chem 148: Science and Art

Fall 2005         Wesleyan University         Middletown, CT

Web Resources

  1. Physics of Light
  2. II.Biology of Vision
  3. III.Chemistry of Color
  4. IV.Psychology of Perception and Cognition
  5. V.Mathematics of Perspective and Composition
  6. VI.Science of Conservation
  7. Other Topics Related to Science and Art (including Reference Material, Fun Things, and Courses at Other Universities)

*LM This symbol indicates that the site contains a Learning Module, most of these are interactive exercises.

I. Physics of Light

General
Indexes 
Electromagnetic Radiation / Waves
Prisms
Emission and Absorption Spectra
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Interference
Sources and Types and History of Visible Light
Holography

General

http://science.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec06.html
http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/readings.shtml
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ligcon.html#c1
http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/readings.shtml
http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/act/activities.shtml

Indexes

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/index.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/tutorials/index.html
http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/mcintyre/applets/optics/
http://physics.nad.ru
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconlight.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconwaves.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconreflection.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconrefraction.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconpolarization.html
http://www.opticsforkids.com/teach/article_9_12.cfm
http://www.phschool.com/science/cpsurf/sound-light/4simu.html

Electromagnetic Radiation / Waves

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/electromaghome.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/electromagnetic/index.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/wavebasics/index.html
*LM http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/emWave/emWave.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/particleorwavehome.html
*LM http://physics.nad.ru/Physics/English/waves.htm
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/light/U12L1a.html
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html
*LM http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=13

Prisms

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/prismsbeamsplittershome.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/newton/
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/prism/index.html
*LM http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=13

Emission and Absorption Spectra

http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch6/bohr.html
*LM http://mo-www.harvard.edu/Java/MiniSpectroscopy.html

Reflection

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/reflectionhome.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/reflection/reflectionangles/index.html
*LM http://www.cs.brown.edu/exploratories/freeSoftware/repository/edu/brown/cs/exploratories/applets/spectrum/reflection_guide.html

Refraction

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/refractionhome.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/refraction/refractionangles/index.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/refraction/criticalangle/index.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/refraction/refractionmono/index.html
*LM http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/refraction.htm

Diffraction

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/diffractionhome.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/diffraction/basicdiffraction/index.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/imageformation/gratingdiffraction/index.html
*LM http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/mcintyre/applets/optics/grating.html
*LM http://www.eserc.stonybrook.edu/ProjectJava/Bragg/

Interference

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/interferencehome.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/waveinteractions/index.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/soapbubbles/index.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/doubleslit/index.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/interference/waveinteractions2/index.html
*LM http://vsg.quasihome.com/interfer.htm
*LM http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/waveInterference/waveInterference.html

Sources and Types and History of Visible Light

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/lightsourceshome.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/fluorescencehome.html
http://www.mts.net/~william5/history/hol.htm
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/java/bb_mjl.htm
*LM http://www.cs.brown.edu/exploratories/freeSoftware/repository/edu/brown/cs/exploratories/applets/spectrum/two_materials_guide.html
Sodium
http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Documents/SO1%20Introduction.htm
http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Documents/SO2%20Spectral.htm
Luminosity
*LM http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~efros/java/vision/applet-other.html

Holography

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/activities/teachers/holograms.html
http://www.holoworld.com/ 
http://www.holoworld.com/holo/workshops.html
http://members.aol.com/gakall/holopg.html
http://www.eskimo.com/%7Ebillb/amateur/holo1.html

 

II. II.Biology of Vision

General
Indexes 
Courses at Other Universities
Biology
Study of an Artist's Brain and Eye Movement
History
Visual Effects

 

General

*LM http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~efros/java/vision/applet-other.html
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/toc.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/27066/nlhome.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chvision.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/eyetr.html
http://webvision.med.utah.edu/
*LM http://www.med.uwo.ca/physpharm/courses/sensesweb/index.htm (then flash and/or problem sets)
 http://www.hhmi.org/senses/b110.html
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/a150.html
http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/V/Vision.html
http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~bfleming/psych261/lec9oc12.htm
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/visioncon.html#c1
http://science.howstuffworks.com/eye2.htm
http://survivor99.com/lcg/english/colorvision/
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/vision.html
http://4colorvision.com/document.htm
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/projects/vision/grouping/segbench/
http://web.mit.edu/bcs/schillerlab/research.html
http://www.ablongman.com/html/psychplace_acts/depth/intro.html
http://www.mbfys.kun.nl/mbfys/education/medical/webteach/yin/newcourse524/aanvang_newcourse524.htm
http://palaeo-electronica.org/2000_1/retinal/vision.htm
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/receptive/index.html
http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wcolor.html
http://www.ski.org/Vision/Eyepage/index.html
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/pages/bcs-main.asp?s=45000&n=00020&i=45020.03&v=chapter&o=|00510|00520|00530|00540|00550|00010|00020|00030|00040|00050|00060|00070|00120|00080|00090|00100|00110|01000|02000|03000|04000|05000|06000&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0
http://videoforcats.com/catvision.htm
http://www.cis.rit.edu/people/faculty/montag/vandplite/course.html
http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/Psy460/historical%20and%20contemporary%20sensory%20science/historical%20and%20contemporary%20sens%20science.html
http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/illusions/index.html

Indexes

*LM http://psych.hanover.edu/JavaTest/Media/ESP.html

Courses at Other Universities

http://www.cis.rit.edu/class/simg215/
http://www.cis.rit.edu/people/faculty/montag/vandplite/course.html
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/projects/vision/grouping/segbench/
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/lifesci/optometry/resources/modules/stage1/pvp1/
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/lifesci/optometry/resources/modules/stage2/abv/
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/lifesci/optometry/resources/modules/stage2/pvp2/
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/lifesci/optometry/resources/modules/stage1/pvo/
http://artsci.shu.edu/biology/Student%20Pages/Kyle%20Keenan/eye/index.html
*LM http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/healey/PP/

Biology

http://www.psych.ucalgary.ca/pace/va-lab/AVDE-Website/
*LM http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp45/4503003.html
http://www.nku.edu/~issues/illusions/Photorecepters.htm
*LM http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/channel.html
*LM http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/matthews/rhodopsin.html
*LM http://www.biology4all.com/resources_library/source/63.swf
Deficiencies
*LM http://cim.ucdavis.edu/eyes/version1/eyesim.htm
*LM http://cim.ucdavis.edu/eyes/version15/eyesim.html
http://www.psych.ucalgary.ca/PACE/VA-Lab/AVDE-Website/resources.html
http://psychlab1.hanover.edu/Classes/Sensation/
Stereograms
http://www.vision3d.com/3views.htm
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/ctk/SeeingBelieving.shtml
http://www.ablongman.com/html/psychplace_acts/depth/magiceye.html
http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~etzpc/sirds.html
Image Formation
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/eyeball/index.html
Retinal Receptive Fields (on/off)
*LM http://psych.hanover.edu/classes/sensation/ReceptiveFields_files/frame.html
*LM http://psychlab1.hanover.edu/Classes/Sensation/ReceptiveEdgesforS&P/index_files/frame.htm
*LM http://www.cs.brown.edu/exploratories/freeSoftware/repository/edu/brown/cs/exploratories/applets/spectrum/single_cell_response_guide.html
*LM http://www.cs.brown.edu/exploratories/freeSoftware/repository/edu/brown/cs/exploratories/applets/spectrum/triple_cell_response_guide.html

Study of an Artist's Brain and Eye Movement

http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~rcm/pdf_files/solso.pdf
http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/%7Ercm/pem/index.htm
http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~rcm/pem/pem1.html
http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/drawing_cognition/intro.htm

History

http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/Psy460/historical%20and%20contemporary%20sensory%20science/historical%20and%20contemporary%20sens%20science.html
http://www.webvision.med.utah.edu/VisualCortex.html

Visual Effects

Index
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/
http://www.visionscience.com/vsDemos.html
http://alpha.furman.edu/~einstein/general/sandpdemo/optill.htm
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml
http://www.dogfeathers.com/java/
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/nf_exhibits.html
http://www.purveslab.net/
http://lite.bu.edu/lite1/index.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconperception.html
http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/sen_tut.html
http://www.grand-illusions.com/
General
http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/Psy460/Eye%20movements/Eye%20movements.html
Illusions
*LM http://microscopy.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/thaumatrope/thaumatrope.html
*LM http://www.opticsforkids.org/vision/vision.cfm
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/illusions/illusions.html
*LM http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/thaumatrope/thaumatrope.html
*LM http://microscopy.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/illusions/colorwheel.html
http://www.colorcube.com/illusions/illusion.htm
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml
Importance of Edges: Mach, Cornsweet, Simultaneous Contrast, Contours, Hermann Grid
http://psychlab1.hanover.edu/Classes/Sensation/Edges/index_files/frame.htm
http://psychlab1.hanover.edu/Classes/Sensation/Edges/index_files/v3_document.htm
Afterimage - Opponent Color
http://psych.hanover.edu/classes/sensation/FiguralAftereffect_files/frame.html
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/afterima.htm
http://lite.bu.edu/lite1/perception/afterimage/index.html
Assimilation
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Assimilation.shtml
Benham’s Disk
Bidwell’s Ghost
Blakemore -Sutton Effect
http://psychlab1.hanover.edu/Classes/Sensation/Blakemore-Sutton/Blakemore-Sutton_files/frame.html
Blind Spot
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/blndspo1.htm
Chaik-O’Brien Effect
Cornsweet Effect
Counter-Rotating Spirals Illusion
http://dogfeathers.com/java/spirals.html
Emmert's Effect
http://psych.hanover.edu/classes/sensation/Emmert_files/frame.html
Fading Dot
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/fading_dot/fading_dot.html
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/disapear.htm
http://lite.bu.edu/lite1/perception/fadingdot/fadingdot.html
http://lite.bu.edu/lite1/perception/fadingdot/new.html
Halo / Luminance/ Boynton Illusion
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/boynton.htm
Haze
Hermann Grid
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Hermann.shtml
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/hermann.htm
http://alpha.furman.edu/~einstein/general/sandpdemo/optill.htm#Hermann%20Grid
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/lum_herGrid/
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=illusion/hermann
http://www.nku.edu/~issues/illusions/HermannGrid.htm
Isoluminance
Light
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/RevolvingCircles.shtml
Lines
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/HeringIllusion.shtml
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/illusion.htm
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/BulgingLines.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/SineIllusion.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Distortion.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/EdgeIllusion.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Illusion.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Ponzo.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/PonzoII.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Shimmer.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/CircularPoggendorf.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Delboeuf.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/OrbisonIllusion.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/JuddIllusion.shtml
Mach Bands
http://www.shapirolab.net/
http://www.nku.edu/~issues/illusions/MachBands.htm
MacKay Star
http://lite.bu.edu/vision/applets/Color/MacKay/MacKay.html
McCollough Effect
http://research.lumeta.com/ches/me
Motion (Induced / Apparent)
http://psychlab1.hanover.edu/Classes/Sensation/induced/index.html
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/ouchi.htm
Muller-Lyer Ilusion
http://alpha.furman.edu/~einstein/general/sandpdemo/75.jpg
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/MullerIllusion.shtml
Scintillating Grid
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/ScintillatingGrid.shtml
Simultaneous Contrast
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Contrast.shtml
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/ContrastII.shtml
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/simcont1.htm
Von Bezold Effect
http://lite.bu.edu/lite1/color/vonbezold/index.html
Waterfall
http://www.psy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ashida/MAEWWW/MAE.html 
http://lite.bu.edu/lite1/perception/waterfall/waterD.html
White's Illusion
http://www.nku.edu/~issues/illusions/WhiteIllusion.htm

 

III. III.Chemistry of Color

General
Indexes
Spectrum
Mixing
Additive
Subtractive
RGB / HSV / CIE and Color Space
Color Wheel
Color Theory
Simultaneous Contrast
Courses at Other Universities
Pigments/Paints/Inks/Pastels

General

*LM http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/colviscon.html#c1
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/colpuz.html#c1
http://library.thinkquest.org/27066/color/nlindex.html
http://www.colormatters.com
http://www.worqx.com/color/color_basics.htm
http://www.dist156.org/Staff/Art/interactive/ncolor.htm
http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/19954/0/page/1
http://www.pantone.com/products/products.asp?idArticle=109&idArea=16
http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/part_ii.html
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/watch_color_warm.cfm
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/watch_color_complementary.cfm
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/watch_color_arbitrary.cfm
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/watch_value_tint.cfm
http://www.guidancecom.com/alphabet/alphabet.htm
http://www.colorbay.com/color_theory.htm
http://home.att.net/~RTRUSCIO/COLORSYS.htm
http://www.webvision.med.utah.edu/kallcolor.html
http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wcolor.html
http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/readings.shtml
http://www.gain.net/PIA_GATF/PDF/GATF/info005.pdf
http://acept.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/color/composition.shtml
http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/element/color/color.htm
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-theory-basics.html
http://www.sci-ed-ga.org/pdfs/apsclrpres042501.pdf
http://www.cyberglitz.com/colorcub.htm#RAMP
http://www.sci-ed-ga.org/GASEFPresentations.html
http://www.fi.edu/color/

Indexes

http://lite.bu.edu/vision/applets/Color/Color/Color.html