Those who go there, and have questions, be sure and let me know. Things that should be there, information that you can't track down, etc. At work, I have access to a wide variety of information sources, and eventually, some of it winds up on my website. A lot of times, what's there is driven by someone asking a question that I find interesting, so I go off and find out, and then finally, get around to writing it up.
Also, if you know of web sites that have really good explanations of theory, preferably with some references or rigor, I'll add the links.
I'm trying to become more rigorous in identifying the sources of my information on the web. If there is any complaint I have about information on the web, it's that it is a summary, and the original source is often unattributed. If you wanted to go and find out more, it's hard.
And, now that I've made that complaint, I have to get my own house in order....
Having the sources, though, is what makes a research site really useful... I've gotten emails from folks referring to some information on my HV web asking for help in tracking down original sources from the turn of the century. Sometimes I can help figure out where it came from, sometimes not. On occasion, I've found that the source I used actually miscopied it from the previous source (or a units conversion was left out, etc.).. sometimes, a "standard work" has become obsolete as the understanding of the field increases. In the area of High Voltage, and to a certain extent in basic nuclear physics, a lot of what is reported is based on empirical data, and as more data is available, the conceptual models get better.
Created on Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:18 PM EDT by James Lux