Algorythmic Explorations

Interactive essays on gravity, light, matter, terrain and music, built up from first principles and running live in your browser.

The galaxy behind the title is 20,000 bodies pulling on each other, simulated by your graphics card as you read this. Everything on this site works that way. Every figure is a live simulation you can drag, poke and break, and each essay builds its subject up from first principles. The music essays make sound too, so turn your volume up.