Resources of Chemistry and Physics
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Course Related |
Data and Literature |
| Blackboard | Chemical & Engineering News |
| LON-CAPA | ChemFinder (Search by molecular name) |
| Organic Chemistry Text - Carey | Journals of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Requires LU IP address |
| Science Seminars |
NIST (thermodynamic and spectroscopy data of atoms and molecules) |
| Periodic Table of the Elements | |
| ScienceDirect (non ACS journals) Requires an LU password | |
| SDBS (thermodynamics and spectroscopy data for organic molecules) | |
| Summer and Cooperative Opportunities | Some Science and Faith Perspectives (not to be taken as the LeTourneau Perspective) |
| Argonne National Labs | American Scientific Affiliation (lots of topics and various views) |
| Lunar and Planetary Institute Summer Internships | Answers in Creation an old earth counter to the Answers in Genesis site |
| NASA Academy | Answers in Genesis (Ken Ham) a 'young-earth anti-evolution creationist' perspective |
| NASA Undergraduate Student Research | BioLogos a theistic evolution site founded by Francis Collins |
| NASA-JSC Cooperative Program | Discovery Institute the intelligent design group that includes such notables as Bill Dembski, Michael Behe, and Guillermo Gonzalez |
| NSF-REU Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities |
Reasons to Believe Hugh Ross) an old-earth creationist, intelligent design perspective |
| Oakridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) | Talk Origins a mainstream evolutionary science and Christian faith perspective |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | |
| US Dept. of Energy: Programs for teachers and students | |
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Careers and Graduate School |
LeTourneau Faculty Presentations on Perspectives of Science and Faith |
| Careers in Chemistry or What Chemists Do (ACS) | Steven Ball - Short Booklets on Topics in Science and Faith |
| Guide to Graduate Schools | - Age of The Earth |
| USA Jobs (1320 is the chemistry series) | - Big Bang |
| - Plate Tectonics | |
| - The Higgs Particle | |
| Other Science Links | Gary DeBoer - CDCL Symposium on Christian Science |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | - Power Point Presentation |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) | - Dr. DeBoer's Prepared Notes |
| American Physical Society (APS) | - Audio recording |
| Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) | Ted Forringer - CDCL Colloquium on Proof of God |
| - Dr. Forringer's Prepared Notes | |
| Events and Discussions held at LeTourneau University | |
| A panel discussion of the film, The Privileged Planet, starring Dr.'s Ball (chemphys at LU), Cargill (community activist), Leiffer (Engineering at LU), and Solganick (Philosophy at LU) | |
| - Part 1: Prepared comments of the panelists | |
| - Part 2: Questions from the audience and responses from the panelists | |
| A panel discussion of the film, An Inconvenient Truth, starring Dr.'s Jarstfer (biology at LU) North (Texas A&M), and Dickens (Rice University) | |
| - Audio of the panel discussion/question and answer time. | |
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A student led discussion of whether evolution can be compatible with Christian faith |
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| - Audio of the student discussion |
