About Temperature http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html a diverse community of education and research institutions vested in the common goal of sharing data ... and resources", primarily for educational needs. A check on the participating universities discloses a list which includes institutions ranging from MIT to Dalhousie University in Canada. "About Temperature" provides an excellent overview of material relevant to the topic. This single webpage, which is quickly navigated by clicking on the stars beside each topic heading, offers information on everything from the temperature of the universe to the history of thermometers. There are helpful diagrams, as well as material about thermal radiation, heat and thermodynamics and kinetic theory. Authoritative sources are cited and additional links are provided to relevant sites. ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpicksites-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line of "info 1stpicksites" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpicksites-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpicksites-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~