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A powerful tool for teaching science

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Although computers have dramatically improved productivity in many areas, their use for improving education has been slow and difficult. Online interactive simulations may soon change all that.

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Figure 1: 'The Moving Man'.
Figure 2: Particles in a box.
Figure 3: Amazing lasing.
Figure 4: Build your own circuit.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309-0440, Colorado, USA

    Carl E. Wieman & Katherine K. Perkins

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Wieman, C., Perkins, K. A powerful tool for teaching science. Nature Phys 2, 290–292 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys283

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