The Elements: How We Did It and Where We're Going
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The Elements for iPad launches after a 60‑day build using a custom Mathematica pipeline that generates every pixel, movie and rotatable object, automates page layout and spin‑down renders, and integrates Wolfram|Alpha for live data; the print predecessor sells 320,000 copies in 17 languages but the app becomes the financially viable format. A publisher imprint (Touch Press) forms, course apps run cloud computation, the CDF format and a Pearson calculus e‑text with 600 interactive diagrams prove the approach scales.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:57The Periodic Table
- 3:28PeriodicTablecom
- 7:32Mathematica
- 8:51Touch Press
- 12:47The Solar System
- 15:29Future Titles
- 19:24Interactive Texts
- 20:33Textbooks
- 24:20CDF
- 25:40Examples
- 26:53Summary
- 28:11Theme Song
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