awesome-explorables
Interactive explanations
A curated list of interactive explanations for complex concepts and ideas
A curated list of awesome explorable explanations.
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Awesome Explorables / Math | |||
| Explained Visually | |||
Awesome Explorables / Math / Explained Visually | |||
| Image Kernels | |||
| Pi (π) | |||
| Exponentiation | |||
Awesome Explorables / Math | |||
| Better Explained | Math without endless memorization | ||
| Euclid: The Game | |||
| The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Mandelbrot set | |||
| vf.rohanp.xyz | Interactive demonstration of vector field flow | ||
| World of Mathematics | |||
| Primer on Bézier Curves | |||
| Math Insight | Copious interactive diagrams and ingenious experiments with digital publishing | ||
| Circles Sines and Signals | Compact primer on digital signal processing | ||
| Epiplexis | Interactive videos on a variety of math topics | ||
Awesome Explorables / Math / Statistics And Probability | |||
| Conditional Probability | |||
| Exploring Histograms | |||
| Humans Suck At Entropy | |||
| Interpreting Confidence Intervals | Interpreting Confidence Intervals | ||
| Markov Chains | |||
| Ordinary Least Squares Regression | |||
| Principal Component Analysis | |||
| Probdef | Open-source game about probability and inference leading up to Bayes Theorem | ||
| Seeing Theory | Visual introduction to probability and statistics | ||
| Simpson's Paradox | |||
| Science Isn't Broken | On scientific method (p-values) | ||
| Years You Have Left to Live, Probably | Great illustration of survival analysis, and of probabalistic proccesses in general | ||
Awesome Explorables / Math / Linear Algebra | |||
| Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues | |||
| Interactive 2d Matrix | |||
| Immersive Math | Linear algebra book with ully interactive figures | ||
| Invitation to Another Dimension | |||
Awesome Explorables / Math / Geometry | |||
| How to Fold a Julia Fractal | Brilliant use of animation to show complex mathematical processes geometrically | ||
| Sine and Cosine | |||
Awesome Explorables / Math / Logic | |||
| The Incredible Proof Machine | Visual approach to propositional logic | ||
Awesome Explorables / Algorithms | |||
| Compression Decompression | Or, Making Things Smaller: A Visual Introduction | ||
| Visualizing Algorithms | Visualizing algorithms, by mike bostock | ||
| VisuAlgo | Interactive computer science algorithms and data structures | ||
| Quicksort | The quicksort algorithm, illustrated with playing cards | ||
| Second-Order Controls | |||
| How to Use t-SNE Effectively | Visualizing high-dimensional data | ||
| Promisees | Promise visualization playground for the adventurous | ||
| Back to the Future of Handwriting Recognition | Active Essay Revisiting the GRAIL Handwriting Recognizer | ||
| Bloom Filters | |||
| Calculating The Intersection Area of 3+ Circles | |||
| Line-intersection | Responsive parallel representations for the Bentley–Ottmann algorithm | ||
| Split Packing: An Algorithm for Packing Circles with up to Critical Density | |||
| Coloring Maps | Transforming numbers into colors | ||
| Interactive Diagrams for Wikipedia | |||
| Visualizing Map Distortion | |||
| Procedural Dungeon Generation: Cellular Automata | |||
Awesome Explorables / Algorithms / Machine Learning and Neural Networks | |||
| r2d3.us | Visual introduction to machine learning | ||
| Visual Interactive Guide To The Basics Of Neural Networks | |||
| Neural Networks And Deep Learning | Free online interactive book about Neural Networks and Deep Learning | ||
| playground.tensorflow.org | Neural network playground | ||
| Attention and Augmented Recurrent Neural Networks | |||
| Four Experiments in Handwriting with a Neural Network | |||
| Confounding Variables | |||
Awesome Explorables / Algorithms / Programming | |||
| Red Blob Games | Visual and interactive ways of explaining math and computer algorithms | ||
Awesome Explorables / Algorithms / Programming / Red Blob Games | |||
| Introduction To A* | – How pathfinding algorithms work, by amit patel | ||
| Hexagonal Grids | Interactive guide on implementing hexagonal grids | ||
| Intro To Graph Theory | |||
Awesome Explorables / Algorithms / Programming | |||
| Generating Fantasy Maps | Generating fantasy maps, the math behind | ||
| gamejolt.com | Topology, via asteroids, narrated | ||
| Interactive Introduction To Quantum Computing | |||
| The Book Of Shaders | Gentle step-by-step guide to fragment shaders | ||
| What is code? | |||
| Algojammer | 2,916 | over 7 years ago | An experimental code editor for writing algorithms |
Awesome Explorables / Algorithms / Data Structures | |||
| Quadtree | Interactive explanation of quadtrees, by jim kang | ||
| Bitcoin Blockchain | The basics behind decentralized cryptocurrencies like bitcoin | ||
Awesome Explorables / Science | |||
| ncase.me | Simulating the world (in emoji😘) | ||
| ncase.me | Neurotic neurons, an interactive animation on how exposure therapy works | ||
| Exploring Emergence | Introduction to cellular automata (from 1996! requires flash) | ||
| internet-atlas.net | Critical atlas of internet | ||
| Visualizing Projections | Visualizing multiple camera projection techniques | ||
| Entropy Explained, With Sheep | |||
| Pink Trombone | Hands-On Vocal Tract Simulation | ||
| GPS - Global Positioning System | A detailed interactive explanation on how the Global Positioning System works | ||
Awesome Explorables / Physics | |||
| Angry Physics | |||
| arogozhnikov.github.io | Hamiltonian monte carlo explained | ||
| Inside Einstein's head | Explorable explanation of relativistic spacetime, inspired by Albert Einstein's thought experiments | ||
| Interactive Introduction To Optical Modulation | |||
| Nukemap | Nuclear explosion simulation tool by alex wellerstein | ||
| PhET Home Page | Interactive math and science simulations, based on extensive education research | ||
| Physics Simulations | Physics simulations which show how the math is derived | ||
| Waveforms | Let's Learn About Waveforms | ||
| Math and Physics Applets | Various interactive educational applets. By Paul Falstad | ||
| Electronics Circuit Simulator | Electronics circuit simulator also available in an offline version | ||
Awesome Explorables / Psychology | |||
| The Evolution Of Trust | |||
| Hooked: how slot machines are designed to be addictive | |||
| How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons | |||
Awesome Explorables / Systems And Thought Experiments | |||
| Complexity Explorables | Collection of interactive explorable explanations of complex systems in many fields | ||
| Many Tiny Things | Every big thing in the world is made up of many tiny things | ||
| To Build A Better Ballot | an interactive guide to alternative voting systems | ||
| Parable Of the Polygons | Simulation about segregation and diversity | ||
| Who’ll Freeze First ? | Puzzle about size and staying warm | ||
Awesome Explorables / Creativity | |||
| Joy.js | Make happy little programs | ||
| Recursive Drawing | Create complex patterns from simple building blocks, by toby schachman | ||
Awesome Explorables / Other | |||
| Ishkur's Guide To Electronic Music | |||
| Learn Music | Experiment with beats, melody, harmony, basslines, and song structure | ||
| kevinhayeswilson.com | Redraw state boundaries with 2016 US election data | ||
| Kern Type | Explorable on kerning in typography | ||
| How Does Inequality Begin ? | Interactive simulation | ||
| How Government Expenditures Finance Themselves ? | A macroeconomic model from Wynne Godley and Marc Lavoie | ||
| Virus, The Beauty Of The Beast | |||
| Inner Workings of a Mechanical Watch | |||
Awesome Explorables / About Explorable Explanations | |||
| Explorable Explanations | |||
| worrydream.com | Scientific Communication As Sequential Art | ||
| worrydream.com | Up and down the ladder of abstraction – a systemic approach to interactive visualization | ||
| worrydream.com | Bret Victor's essay which coined the term "explorable explanations" | ||
| Reinventing Explanation | Prototyping an accessible explanation of simpson's paradox | ||
| blog.ncase.me | Design patterns for explorable explanations | ||
| simblob.blogspot.de | Amit patel of red blob games looks back on 5 years of creating interactive explanations | ||
| Learning By Doing | |||
Awesome Explorables / Tools And Resources | |||
| Explorabl.es | Hub for learning through play! | ||
| aprt.us | Open-source graphics editor and programming environment for creating interactive diagrams | ||
| awesome-livecoding | 2,600 | about 2 years ago | Curated list of live-coding resources |
| Coeffects | Context-aware programming languages | ||
| DynamicLand | Incubating a humane dynamic medium | ||
| Flex - YC Research | Interactive programming and solution exploration tools | ||
Awesome Explorables / Tools And Resources / Flex - YC Research | |||
| Ohm | 5,017 | about 2 years ago | Visual parser generator and toolkit for building interpreters and compilers |
| Chorus | Visual mobile programming using spreadsheet concepts | ||
Awesome Explorables / Tools And Resources | |||
| GeoGebra | Dynamic mathematics for learning and teaching | ||
| Human Advancement Research Community - YC Research | |||
| How I Make Explorable Explanations | By Nicky Case | ||
| Implementing Draggable Handles | |||
| Improv.js | Tool to make explorable explanations | ||
| Data-driven Web Applications | |||
| Idyll | Tool for making interactive narratives for the web | ||
| Iooxa | Web components and layouts for interactive scientific writing and creating explorables | ||
| Lively Kernel | |||
| Loopy | Tool for thinking in systems | ||
| Tangle | Js Library for reactive documents | ||
| TangleDown | |||
| Outside the box | On SVG and Arrows | ||
| RactivePlayer | React library for creating interactive videos ("ractives") | ||
| RedBlobGames - Making Of | |||
| Self-Lang | Prototype-based dynamic object-oriented programming language, environment, and virtual machine | ||
Awesome Explorables / Books And Essays | |||
| Mindstorms | "mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas", an influential 1980 book by seymour papert | ||
| Elements of Euclid | oliver byrne's edition of euclid's "elements" uses colored diagrams and symbols instead of letters to proof theorems about math and geometry | ||
| Envisioning Information | |||
| Understanding Comics | "The pedagogical potential of the comic form is vast and mostly untapped" —Bret Victor | ||
| Topological Picturebook | |||
| Dynamics, the Geometry of Behavior | |||
| Proofs without Words | |||
| Relativity Visualized | |||
| The Shape of Space | |||
| Visual Group Theory | |||
| Environment and Economy | Interactive guide to the eco-pragmatist philosophy | ||
Awesome Explorables / Community | |||
| Explorabl.es | Visit the hub | ||
| /r/explorables | Or join the subreddit on | ||
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