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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 6 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 1 year 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 1 year 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
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