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Science-based games and explorable explanations


Science-based games and interactive explorable explanations are revolutionizing education, making complex topics like physics and machine learning accessible and fun.

The term "explorable explanation" was coined in 2011 by interaction designer Bret Victor, 10 with an ambitious goal of creating a two-way communication between the author and the reader. Figure A self-descriptive formula of the discrete Fourier transform: a web-based MathJax implementation 12 of an equation color-coding scheme designed by Stuart Riffle from 2011. 13 Earlier approaches of color-coding go back to the Byrne's Euclid from 1847 14 subtitled "In which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used Instead of Letters for the Greater Ease of Learners."

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