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Wolfram Demonstrations Project

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One of the Demonstrations about surface tangents

The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-source collection of interactive programmes called Demonstrations. It is hosted by Wolfram Research. At its launch, it contained 1300 demonstrations but has grown to over 10,000. The site won a Parents' Choice Award in 2008.

Wolfram Research's staff organizes and edits the Demonstrations, which may be created by any user of Mathematica, then freely published[1] and freely downloaded.

Technology

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The Demonstrations run in Mathematica 6 or above and in Wolfram CDF Player, which is a free modified version of Wolfram Mathematica[2] and available for Windows, Linux, and macOS[3] and can operate as a web browser plugin. Demonstrations can also be embedded into a website.[4] Each Demonstration page includes a snippet of JavaScript code in the Share section of the sidebar.

The Demonstrations typically consist of a direct user interface to a graphic or visualization that dynamically responds to user actions. Each Demonstration also has a description of the concept. The website is organized by topic, for example: science,[5] art, and biology.

References

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  1. ^ Throwing beanbags in Mathematica 6, Scientific Computing, May 17, 2007.
  2. ^ Math Games MAA Online, May 1, 2007.
  3. ^ Adventures with the Wolfram Demonstrations Project John Wass, Scientific Computing
  4. ^ Kaurov, Vitaliy. "Add a Wolfram Demonstration to Your Site in One Easy Step".
  5. ^ Molecular Wolfram Demonstrations ScienceBase
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