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http://www.eh.doe.gov/ohre

From the early 1940s through the cold war, US government scientists conducted radiation experiments on human subjects. To preserve and make public that troubling history, the Department of Energy in 1994 formed the Office of Human Radiation Experiments. The office’s website provides access to a growing collection of documents, oral histories, and photographs.

http://www.vertic.org/trustandverify.html

Trust & Verify is a bimonthly newsletter devoted to developments in the verification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and other pacts that preserve and promote peace. The newsletter is published by VERTIC, an independent, nongovernmental organization based in London.

http://eqworld.ipmnet.ru

Under the editorship of Moscow-based mathematician Andrei Polyanin, EqWorld provides general solutions to many types of equations that scientists and engineers are likely to encounter. The website also includes articles and reading lists.

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