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Would
you like to read our WorkBooks in your browser? Then here is the place
to get the free Java MathwrightWeb ActiveX
Control. We call the WorkBooks you read in your browser:
Mathwright Microworlds. You might
like to visit the Math CAFE, or the MathwrightWeb
page for more information about it. The Control will enable you to
open the Microworlds at the Library right in your ActiveX-enabled
web browser. Just click the "atom" to the left to download
and install the Control on your machine. You will be able to read
the free Demo Microworlds in the Visualization
Studio of the MATH Cafe , and when you join the Library, you will
be able to read all of the Microworlds in the Library.
MathwrightWeb
is the new 32-bit Java version of Mathwright for Windows 95/98/Me
and Windows 2000. We are currently translating all of our WorkBooks
into Microworlds. But the range, power, and versatility of MathwrightWeb
greatly extend Mathwright 2000, so look for entirely new WorkBooks,
as well as 3D graphics powered by OpenGL.
Our
new Mathwright32 Reader that you may use to read the Microworlds in
the Library is also free. You may download that at any time by clicking
the "atom" below to the left.
The Microworlds may also be read in the browser as we explain below.
If
you prefer to read our powerful new Microworlds offline, just as you
read the Mathwright 2000 WorkBooks offline, then just download our
free 32-bit Java Mathwright32 Reader.
This is the Application version of MathwrightWeb that runs as an independent
executable on your computer. You may open and read Microworlds in
it without having to connect to the web.
Since
it does not run in your browser, it is usually faster than MathwrightWeb,
and of course, does not require any downloads, once you have the Microworld
on your computer. Also, since it is an executable, it behaves in the
familiar way that Mathwright2000 behaves, but is, of course, much
more powerful than the latter, and can read more versatile and colorful
books.
The
Classic Mathwright Player 2000 that you use to read the WorkBooks
in the Library is also free to all. You may download it at any time
by clicking the "atom" to the left.
Once
you have a Reader and
you join the Library, you will be able to read the 220 WorkBooks and
Microworlds (over 1300 interactive pages) in our growing collection.
For more information about how it works, or to join the Library, visit
the Join Here Page.
Interested
in Artificial Intelligence? Want to learn and program pure LISP?
The Mathwright32 Reader is the program for that. On the Objects
Menu, you will find an Open LISP Listener item. Select
that, and you are in the world of LISP. The online Help file: Lisper
Help, contains a Tutorial introduction to LISP, along with a description
of the LISP functions available to you. In addition, the LISP directory
has 10 working LISP programs which are documented and explained
in the online Help that do such things as solve equations, play
Mastermind (guess the codes!), do logic programming in Prolog, implement
forward and backward chaining expert systems, demonstrate object-oriented
programming, and much more. The strangest thing is, it is all free.
So what are you waiting for?
This
LISP interpreter is different from any you have ever seen. It will
interoperate with any Microworld that you create with Mathwright32
Author that is open in Mathwright32. Thus, you can write programs
that will graph functions, move sprites, solve equations and simplify
expressions -- anything that MathScript can do. And to learn what
MathScript and Lisper can do, read our online
Mathwright Manual.
Once
you have installed MathwrightWeb, then you may "test drive"
the Library before you join with any of our 15+ Microworlds at the
Visualization Studio of the MATH Cafe.
You may read the free Microworlds there in your ActiveX enabled browser.
The Introduction to Mathwright32
Microworld is also.
If
on the other hand, you download Library Player 2000, and extract it,
it will be set up and ready to use. We recommend in that case that
you start with the free WorkBook Introduction to the Mathwright
Player. It gives a brief guided tour that will help you get familiar
with WorkBooks in general. Just
click its hyperlink below and
then click the Get This WorkBook! button on the Title page,
and
download it. Once it is downloaded to your machine, run the
self-extracting executable: book001.exe. After you run it,
you may want to delete it from your download area.
You should find on your Start,
Programs, Mathwright Library menu
a new folder called:
Introduction
to the Player. In it, you will find a WorkBook called: Introduction
to the Player Demo and a WordPad document called Introduction
to the Player Demo (Doc). The latter is the short documentation
file that explains what this WorkBook does. Open the WorkBook by double-clicking
the icon on the menu. It is a good idea to read this WorkBook first
anyway, because it explains how WorkBooks "work" in general.
You
will find many free examples of Mathwright Microworlds and WorkBooks
at our list of other academic sites
that teach with Mathwright. Be sure to use the appropriate Player.
These sites use Personal MathwrightWeb instead of the Library MathwrightWeb
so please read the instructions carefully.
Finally,
you may download from here, free copies of the complete (printable)
manuals in Microsoft WORD 97 Format for:
Based
on 18 years of research on the construction of Interactive Mathematical
Texts, Mathwright32 Author is the premier WYSIWYG Applet Builder.
With it, you can easily create in a few hours (and with experience,
in a few minutes!) a mathematical or scientific applet for your website
that would, in the past, have required months of work.
And
these Microworlds are rich, powerful and dynamic. There are very few
limits to what you can do if you have the imagination and the desire
to do it. These Microworlds may be read by your students in any ActiveX
enabled browser (for example, MSIE 4.0 or higher) or in our stand-alone
application, Mathwright32 Reader. Both the ActiveX Control and the
application are free downloads from the Library.
| - James E. White, Ph.D. , Library Director, | ||
| author of this website, Mathwright Author 2000, | ||
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