The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an

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collection of interactive programmes called Demonstrations. It is hosted by

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. At its launch, it contained 1300 demonstrations but has grown to over 10,000. The site won a Parents' Choice Award in 2008.

's staff organizes and edits the Demonstrations, which may be created by any user of

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, then freely published and freely downloaded.

Technology

The Demonstrations run in

6 or above and in Wolfram CDF Player, which is a free modified version of

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and available for

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, and

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and can operate as a web browser plugin. Demonstrations can also be embedded into a website. Each Demonstration page includes a snippet of

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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,Molecular Wolfram Demonstrations
ScienceBase art, and biology.

References

External links

Official website
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