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Welcome to the physlet database
You may use, examine, and/or edit a physlet already in the database. This includes using new physlet texts.
The physlets are organized by topic. If you are intersted in one of the topics below you may click on that topic to obtain a more detailed list.
You may also search for a physlet by keyword and/or one or more words in the title of the physlet or the text of the physlet.
Search here by keyword and/or text in a physlet.
To search by keyword, please select a keyword from the drop-down menu. To search by a word in the text of a title or text of a physlet, please enter the word or words into the text field. Please use quotes to surround words that belong together in a phrase. Please use "+" signs between words if you want the search to return only physlets that contain all the words (if you enter more than one word).
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The numbers in parentheses ( ) indicate the number of physlet scripts in various sub-categories. A script has one or more physlet texts.

1. Mechanics:

2. Fluids:

3. Oscillations and Waves:

4. Thermo:

5. Electromagnetism:

6. Optics: Includes geometric and physical optics (although waves is in a separate topic).