Interesting Books:

Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions

A classic--a must read.

There are many editions, but Dover is $1.50 if you can still find it in print. ISBN: 048627263X Paperback: 96 pages.

There are more expensive editions, or you can download in free from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.net/ Specifically, http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/201
The Shape of Space : How to Visualize Surfaces and Three-Dimensional Manifolds,
by Jeffrey R. Weeks; Marcel Dekker; ISBN: 082477437X.
A wonderful book that helps us visualize higher dimensional curved spaces and nontrivial topologies.
Mr Tompkins in Paperback,
by George Gamow; Cambridge Univ Pr. ISBN: 0521447712.
A classic! Provides an intuitive introduction to relativity, cosmology, quantum mechanics, and more.
One Two Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
by George Gamow; Dover Pub; ISBN: 0486256642.
From the micro to the macro.
The First Three Minutes : A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe.
by Steven Weinberg, Basic Books; ISBN: 0465024378.
A non-technical introduction to cosmology and the origins of the universe.
The Ideas of Particle Physics
by G. D. Coughlan, J. E. Dodd, Cambridge Univ Pr (Short); ISBN: 0521386772.
Contains wonderful explanations of basic particle physics phenomena with simple, non-technical explanations.
The Evolution of Physics" Einstein, Albert and Infeld, Leopold. ISBN: 0-671-20156-5
A non-mathematical treatment of physics from classical through relativity and quantum. Excellent intuitive insights and a great read.

Interesting CD ROM's:

The Particle Adventure: The whole thing in a single zip file: (86M Zip File)

Interesting Videos:

Under Construction
In Search of the Edge
IN SEARCH OF THE EDGE is a comprehensive documentary proving, fairly conclusively, that the earth is flat!
An Inquiry into the Shape of the Earth and the Disappearance of Andrea Barns. Flat earth theory proved! A lesson in critical thinking & media literacy.
ATLAS Experiment movie web site or a local copy: The ATLAS Movie: (185M Zip File)
The RHIC Movie: (123M Zip File)

Powers of 10: A fascinating tour of the universe from the astronomical to the quantum scales. (Fred's Rating: ***)
Hidden by Time:
High-Speed Motion Events (Approximately 30 Minutes) Over 70 high-speed sequences involving impacts, collisions, and fluid behaviors. (Fred's Rating: ****)

Select videos from the NOVA video series:

Runaway Universe
Tuesday, April 8, 2003. The program follows the efforts of two rival teams of astronomers as they search for exploding stars, map out gigantic cosmic patterns of galaxies, and grapple with the ultimate question: What is the fate of the universe? Here's what you'll find online:

Vanished.
January 30, 2001. The program investigates the mysterious disappearance -- and, half a century later, reappearance -- of Stardust, a civilian aircraft that crashed in the Andes in 1947.

Einstein Revealed
Meet the young patent clerk whose ideas about light, space, and time have transformed our view of the universe.

Select videos from the American Experience:

Rescue at Sea:
On January 23, 1909, two ships -- one carrying Italian immigrants to New York City, the other, American tourists to Europe -- collided in dense fog off Nantucket Island. In a moment, more than 1,500 lives became dependent on a new technology, wireless telegraphy, and on Jack Binns, a twenty-six-year-old wireless operator on board one of the ships.

From the Geometry Center:

The Geometry Center is a mathematics research and education center at the University of Minnesota. The Center has a unified mathematics computing environment supporting math and computer science research, mathematical visualization, software development, application development, video animation production, and K-16 math education.

The Shape of Space:
Through computer animations and fly-throughs, The Shape of Space explores the possible shapes of our universe. It suggests the possibility of a finite but boundless shape for our space. Using objects such as spheres, cylinders, and Möbius stripsas possible shapes for a two-dimensional universe, The Shape of Space investigates corresponding three-dimensional shapes, and encourages the viewer to imagine how our universe could be formed by one of these. (Fred's Rating: ***)
Not Knot:
Not Knot is a guided tour into computer-animated hyperbolic space. It proceeds from the world of knots to their complementary spaces -- what's not a knot. Profound theorems of recent mathematics show that most known complements carry the structure of hyperbolic geometry, a geometry in which the sum of three angles of a triangle always is less than 180 degrees. (Fred's Rating: **)
Outside In:
The award-winning computer animation Outside In explains the amazing discovery, made by Steve Smale in 1957, that a sphere can be turned inside out by means of smooth motions and self intersections, without cutting or tearing. It convincingly demonstrates how valuable can be in the communication of mathematics. (Fred's Rating: ***)

From Fermilab

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory advances the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy by providing leadership and resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high energy physics and related disciplines.

Fermilab's Pursuit of the Fundamental: (17 Min)
Good introduction.
(Fred's Rating: ***)
A Sense of Scale: (28 Min)
A bit longer than above
(Fred's Rating: **)
Accelerating Science: (5 Min)
Fun for the kids. A "rap" music tour of the accelerator.
(Fred's Rating: *)