Interactive Web Books
With respect
to mathematics, web pages have not in general been able to weave coherent and
detailed stories in which readers could be participants. The Interactive Web
Books that we describe here move in a new direction. While they appear on web
pages, these multipage books are designed and illustrated in the fashion of
classroom texts, using presentation-quality mathematical typesetting tools together
with compiled HTML Help.
What distinguishes them from
traditional web-based textbooks is the fact that they are dynamic and smart,
and contain, embedded in most pages, live mathematical simulations and interactions
that encourage readers to ask their own questions.
Since they develop substantial
mathematical stories on the web, they are designed to be visited many times
as the reader assimilates their ideas. Readers participate in our stories through
the interactive simulations and demonstrations.
Examples:
