Java Applet Developers:
  • Dr. Larry Gladney
  • Naoki Mihara
  • Kevin Milsom
  • Trieu Nguyen
  • Philip Schwartz
  • John Sinclair

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Applets for the
Interactive Textbook on
Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry

Draw a line and interactively change its slope and intercept Math source code
Draw a third-order polynomial and guess the effect of each order term on its shape Math source code
Draws a parametric curve with random arguments for sine and cosine Math
Explore drawing sine wave functions Math source code
Graph an arbitrary function and estimate its Derivative Math source code
Determine how a bell-shaped curve distribution comes about by simulating balls falling through a vertical forest of pegs Math/Science source code
Do a least-squares line-fit to data Math/Science source code
Here is a superior grapher program!
Grapher: Data plotting and least-squares line fitting Science source code
Associate motion of a ball rolling without slipping along a user-configurable track with a graph of the ball's displacement, velocity, or acceleration as a function of time Physics/Math
User tracks the motion of an object in a video, then analyzes the graphical display of position vs. time Physics/Math
Practice drawing freebody diagrams with an automated checker Physics source code
Study momentum conservation in one dimension Physics source code
Simulate a first-order chemical reaction Chemistry/Math source code
Demonstration of the motion of a mass on a spring with friction damping the oscillations Physics/Math source code
Draws the field lines for static electric charges Physics source code
Simulation of the operation of a mass spectrometer (effect of magnetic field on a charged particle) Physics source code
Practice estimating motion along 2 dimensions. Physics source code
Graph an arbitrary function and estimate the Integral as
Area under the curve
Math source code
Simulation of rhodopsin chemical reactions in the retina Chemistry/Math source code

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