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In that case, you may be interested in checking out some of the fancy explorable explanations folks have been publishing: https://observablehq.com/collection/@observablehq/explorable...

Here’s a sequence of sound wave primers by Dylan Freedman: https://observablehq.com/@freedmand/sounds

Mike wrote an exploration of the Lotka-Volterra equations for simulating the dynamics of populations of predators and prey: https://observablehq.com/@mbostock/predator-and-prey

Or something physical, like Jacob Rus figuring out how a chunk of metal from a machinist’s workshop can scribe out a perfect sine curve: https://observablehq.com/@jrus/sinebar

Or something fun, with Krist Wongsuphasawat’s tapioca pearl to tea level Boba Calculator: https://observablehq.com/@kristw/boba-science

Or my personal favorite (although I can't view it in Chrome), Toph Tucker’s poignant reverie on correlation, eugenics, and the morality of applying statistics to human affairs: https://observablehq.com/@tophtucker/inferring-chart-type-fr...



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