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Leonardo: Interactive Virtual Science Museum

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basic concepts



178 - Big Calculator [O] [C] [I] applet written by Jason Tiscione
173 - Cyclic Cellular Automata [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by David Griffeath
129 - Diffusion Limited Aggregation [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
40 - Discovering Symmetry [O] [C] [I] applet written by Wes Hardaker
210 - Exploring a new kind of Science [O] [C] [I] applet written by Mirek W
200 - Floating Point Numbers [O] [C] [I] applet written by Bill Venners
62 - Hilbert curve generator [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
126 - IFS Studio 1.0 [O] [C] [I] applet written by Zoltan Konyha
132 - Introduction to Genetic Algorithms [O] [C] [I] applet written by Marek Obitko
117 - Java Boids [O] [C] [I] applet
147 - Lindenmayer Systems application [O] [C] [I] applet
85 - Linear Algebra Calculator [O] [C] [I] Javascript program written by Marcus Kazmierczak
144 - Pascal's Triangle [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
162 - Percolation [O] [C] [I] applet
161 - Physics News Graphics [O] [C] [I] image gallery
180 - Plane tiling [O] [C] [I] applet
42 - Powers of Ten [O] [C] [I] [M] animation
133 - Random Number Generators [O] [C] [I] applet written by Peter Alfeld
123 - RSA encryption [O] [C] [I] applet
166 - Scientific sound samples [O] [C] [I] animation written by Giuseppe Zito
84 - Sieve of Eratosthenes [O] [C] [I] applet written by Peter Alfeld
131 - Simulated Annealing [O] [C] [I] applet written by Matthew Chalwell
194 - Simulated evolution [O] [C] [I] applet written by Scott Maxwell

statistics



101 - Chi Square Test of Deviation from Theoretical Values [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by David M. Lane
83 - Circle Zap [O] [C] [I] applet written by Michael Bulmer
148 - Correlation coefficient [O] [C] [I] Javascript program written by Juha Puranen
163 - Galton Board experiment [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Kyle Siegrist
100 - Random birthday [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
92 - Regression Analysis [O] [C] [I] [A] applet

geometry



48 - Examine the Klein's bottle and other funny geometrical objects [O] [C] [I] VRML object written by J.P.Petit e C.Tardy
174 - Famous Curves [O] [C] [I] applet
145 - Fibonacci Series [O] [C] [I] image gallery
76 - Imaging Raytracer: rendering the quadric surfaces [O] [C] [I] applet
127 - Perspective Drawings [O] [C] [I] applet written by Cathi Sanders
96 - Planes in 3-space [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet

calculus



22 - Complex Function Viewer [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Keith Orpen e Djun M. Kim
167 - Complex Function Viewer [O] [C] [I] applet written by Erasmus Mueller
205 - Complex Numbers made easy... [O] [C] [I] applet written by Anderson Alexander
125 - Continuity [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Bert G. Wachsmuth
87 - Graphics for the calculus classroom [O] [C] [I] interactive application
86 - Numerical integration Simulation [O] [C] [I] applet written by Joseph L. Zachary
67 - ODE Phase Portraits [O] [C] [I] applet written by Scott Herod
74 - On the definition of the derivative [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
61 - Vector Cross Product [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
75 - xFunctions xPresso [O] [C] [I] applet written by David Eck

mechanics



49 - Double Pendulum [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by G.Anderson et al.
192 - Astro Pitch [O] [C] [I] applet written by Phillip Dukes
56 - Billiards [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by W.Bauer
24 - Buoyant Force in Liquids [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Walter Fendt
111 - Car and The Wall [O] [C] [I] [A] gif animation
4 - Chaos and the damped, driven pendulum [O] [C] [I] applet written by Philip Moriarty
59 - Chaotic Billiards [O] [C] [I] applet
51 - Conservation Of Angular Momentum [O] [C] [I] applet
70 - Coriolis and centrifugal forces [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Mark Sutherland
65 - Coupled Pendula [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Walter Fendt
202 - Elevator Forces [O] [C] [I] [A] animation
60 - Epicycles and deferents demo [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Rosemary G. Kennett
154 - FoilSim II - Airfoils [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
176 - Free fall with a parachute [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Angel Franco Garcia
199 - Frictional force [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
143 - Gravity shoot [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Xiao Gang
188 - Immiscible fluid mixing [O] [C] [I] applet written by Benjamin Fry
72 - Inclined Plane [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] Shockwave animation
187 - Irrotational plane flows of an inviscid fluid [O] [C] [I] gif animation
27 - Kepler's Third Law [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by David Caley et al.
36 - Kepler's three laws [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
105 - Laws of Motion and Gravity [O] [C] [I] [A] gif animation written by Scott R. Anderson
53 - Lissajous curves [O] [C] [I] animation written by Giuseppe Zito
64 - Meaning of f=ma [O] [C] [I] applet written by Giuseppe Zito
179 - Motion in the gravity field [O] [C] [I] applet written by Christian Anders and Markus Kupich
136 - Moving Comet Shoot [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Xiao Gang
82 - MovingMan project [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Lisa Denise Murphy
45 - N-Body Simulation [O] [C] [I] applet
43 - Newton's cradle [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Walter Fendt
12 - Pendulum [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
196 - Reaction time and car accident [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
203 - Reference frame [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Daniel Roth
93 - Relative Motion [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by B.Surendranath Reddy
91 - Relative Motion (frame of reference) [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
47 - Shoot at a moving target [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Angel Franco Garcia
184 - SpiroGraph [O] [C] [I] applet
19 - Two-dimensional collisions [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Michael Fowler

astronomy



142 - Astronomy picture of the day [O] [C] [I] image gallery
97 - Atlas of nearby stars [O] [C] [I] applet
141 - Color and Stellar temperature [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by David Caley et al.
103 - Cosmic Thing version 1.1 [O] [C] [I] applet written by Andrew Milne
172 - Eclipsing Binary [O] [C] [I] applet written by Terry Herter
138 - Interactive Solar System [O] [C] [I] applet
128 - Mini spectroscopy [O] [C] [I] applet
139 - Moon Phases [O] [C] [I] applet
109 - Orbiting binary stars [O] [C] [I] applet written by Terry Herter
78 - Sky map [O] [C] [I] applet written by John Walker
158 - SkyWatch [O] [C] [I] applet
55 - Solar System Live [O] [C] [I] interactive application written by John Walker
165 - Space Weather Bureau [O] [C] [I] image gallery
171 - Stellar Evolution [O] [C] [I] applet written by Terry Herter
106 - Sun Angle Lab [O] [C] [I] [A] animation
77 - Sun, Moon & Earth [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Juergen Giesen
151 - The Expanding Balloon Analogy [O] [C] [I] applet written by Edward L. Wright
197 - Tide predictor [O] [C] [I] interactive application
107 - Top down view of the solar system right now [O] [C] [I] applet written by Matthew A. Trump
124 - Web Nebulae [O] [C] [I] image gallery written by Bill Arnett
159 - X-ray pulsar [O] [C] [I] applet

termodinamics



69 - Circuit Board Heat Diffusion Simulator [O] [C] [I] applet
31 - Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution [O] [C] [I] applet written by Andrew M. Rappe
25 - Motion of Ideal Gas Molecules in a cylinder [O] [C] [I] applet written by Noriyoshi Kato
29 - Temperature and Absolute Zero [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
90 - Thermodynamic Equilibrium [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by David Caley et al.

waves



95 - 3D Wave Physlet [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
9 - Bragg's Law and Diffraction:How waves reveal the atomic structure of crystals [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Konstantin Lukin
38 - Doppler Effect [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by W.Bauer
41 - Fourier Synthesis [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Jean-Jacques Rosseau
115 - Harmonic Phasors and Fourier Series [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Hsi Chen Lee
34 - Harmonics [O] [C] [I] [A] Shockwave animation written by Pascal Renault
14 - Interference between two waves (point source) [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
15 - Interference movie [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
6 - Interference of Sinusoidal Waveforms [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Konstantin Lukin
13 - Interference of two Circular or Spherical Waves [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Walter Fendt
44 - Interference patterns [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] Shockwave animation
63 - Longitudinal and Transverse Wave Motion [O] [C] [I] [A] gif animation written by Dan Russel
114 - Modal Analysis of an Acoustic Folk Guitar [O] [C] [I] [A] gif animation written by Dan Russel
30 - Phase and Group Velocity [O] [C] [I] [A] demonstration
39 - Piano [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by G.D. Westfall
113 - Reflection of Waves from Boundaries [O] [C] [I] [A] gif animation written by Dan Russel
89 - Resonance [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
175 - Sound Beats [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] Shockwave animation
66 - vOICe Sonification applet: seeing with your ears [O] [C] [I] applet written by Peter B.L. Meijer
193 - Waves [O] [C] [I] [A] gif animation

relativity



122 - Introduction to relativity [O] [C] [I] [A] animation written by Geoffrey Dixon
52 - Orbits in Strongly Curved Spacetime [O] [C] [I] applet written by John Walker
50 - Relativistic Length Contraction [O] [C] [I] [A] gif animation
73 - Space-Time Lab [O] [C] [I] applet

electromagnetism



140 - Best aerial orientation [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Rossana Piccolo
46 - Exploring electric fields [O] [C] [I] applet written by Martin Busque et al.
198 - Lenz's law [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
35 - Lightning: An Example Of A Natural Capacitor [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
135 - Mass-Spectrometer [O] [C] [I] applet written by Tony Abou-Assaleh
116 - More complex makes simple! [O] [C] [I] Shockwave animation
169 - Nikola Tesla [O] [C] [I] gif animation written by Michel Bonin
118 - Ohm Zone [O] [C] [I] [A] Shockwave animation
1 - Propagation of Electromagnetic Wave [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
119 - Transformer [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
54 - Two-Dimensional Ising Model [O] [C] [I] applet written by Bernd Nottelmann
149 - Water in a Microwave field [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet

optics



152 - Build a Rainbow [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
168 - Aspects of perception [O] [C] [I] applet
153 - CAT Scans [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
21 - Classic Two-Slit Experiment [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
121 - Color mixing [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Phillip Dukes
2 - Diffraction of light [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Michael W. Davidson, Kirill I. Tchourioukanov,Mortimer Abramowitz
185 - Fermat's principle [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] Shockwave animation
186 - Fiber optics [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
195 - How a lens draws the image [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Maria Santa Mennea
71 - How a mirror draws the image [O] [C] [I] applet written by Giuseppe Zito
5 - Interference [O] [C] [I] applet written by Sergey G. Vtorov
120 - Interference of light with diffraction [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Rossana Piccolo
181 - Kaleidoscope [O] [C] [I] applet written by Tsutomo Ishikura
146 - N-slit interference with diffraction [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Rossana Piccolo
20 - Polarization of light [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Michael W. Davidson, Kirill I. Tchourioukanov,Mortimer Abramowitz
3 - Polarizers [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by W.Bauer
170 - Reflection and Refraction [O] [C] [I] applet
137 - Rotating four dimensional shapes [O] [C] [I] applet written by Mark E. Shoulson
110 - Seeing Our World in a Different Light [O] [C] [I] image gallery
10 - Spectral lines [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
108 - Spherical mirror physlet [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
207 - The Rainbow [O] [C] [I] applet written by Sadahisa Kamikawa
58 - Transmission of Wave through Dense media -- Reflection and Refraction [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
191 - TV Pixel Scan [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet

atomic physics



79 - 2D crystal builder [O] [C] [I] applet written by Th. Proffen and R.B. Neder
17 - Absorption and Emission of Radiation by an Atom [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Sergey Kiselev e Tanya Yanovsky-Kiselev
155 - Atom Builder [O] [C] [I] Shockwave animation
37 - Atomic and Molecular Orbitals [O] [C] [I] applet written by Craig Allen Counterman
11 - Compton effect [O] [C] [I] applet written by Jan Humble
182 - Crystal growth [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
209 - David's Whizzy Periodic Table [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet
16 - Elemental spectra [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by David Caley et al.
33 - Escher Web Sketch [O] [C] [I] applet written by Wes Hardaker e Gervais Chapuis
130 - Intermolecular Interactions [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
190 - Oscillating 3D crystal [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Sergey Kiselev e Tanya Yanovsky-Kiselev
134 - Quasiperiodic tilings [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Steffen Weber
104 - STM Image Gallery [O] [C] [I] image gallery
81 - Symmetry of atomic orbitals [O] [C] [I] [A] interactive application written by Gerard Chevet

quantum mechanics



68 - Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle [O] [C] [I] applet written by Mark Sutherland
102 - Photon transmission through a double-slit aperture [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
26 - Quantum Tunneling [O] [C] [I] [A] Shockwave animation written by Chandima Cumaranatunge et al.
23 - Schroedinger's equation [O] [C] [I] applet written by John L. Richardson,Michael Klein
177 - Stern-Gerlach experiment [O] [C] [I] applet written by Michel Betz
112 - When Particles Behave Like Waves (in 2-D) [O] [C] [I] [A] animation written by Dan Russel

nuclear physics



80 - Nuclear Chain Reaction [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by W.Bauer
98 - Nuclide chart and Radioactive Decay [O] [C] [I] applet
28 - Radioactive Decay [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Yevgeniy Miretskiy
94 - Rutherford Scattering [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Michael Fowler

particle physics



7 - Accelerate a particle [O] [C] [I] applet
164 - Bubble Chamber [O] [C] [I] image gallery written by Tom Adams
8 - Charged particle motion in E/M Field [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] applet written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
160 - Collision of two 30-billion-electron-volt gold beams [O] [C] [I] image gallery
32 - Electron-positron annihilation [O] [C] [I] [A] [M] gif animation
18 - Proton, The Charged Nucleon [O] [C] [I] gif animation written by Louis J. Clavelli
57 - Three Family Neutrino Oscillations [O] [C] [I] applet written by Adam Para

solid state physics



88 - Building A Transistor [O] [C] [I] [A] applet
99 - PN diode fabrication [O] [C] [I] [A] applet written by Prof. C.R.Wie group

chemistry



157 - Chemis3D The Molecular Viewer Applet [O] [C] [I] applet

life science



189 - Breathing square [O] [C] [I] applet
208 - Cafe' wall illusion [O] [C] [I] applet written by Scott Flinn
201 - Proprioception [O] [C] [I] [A] demonstration
150 - Visible Human Viewer [O] [C] [I] applet
156 - Whole Brain Atlas [O] [C] [I] interactive application
183 - Working Model of Synapse [O] [C] [I] applet
204 - Your genes, Your Health [O] [C] [I] animation
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