Mac OS X Quantum Simulations 66
Jeremy Lee writes "There are some 'educational' apps that transcend the merely interesting, and expand you mind with the force of a crowbar in the cerebellum. Celestia is one. Atom in a box is another. I keep it handy on my new iBook to blow the minds of chemist friends. It only runs on PowerPC Macs, but it's almost a justification for getting one. It should be used in schools to teach chemistry." Celestia is also great (and available for other platforms) ... I couldn't download it from the main link on the page, but was able to get it from SF.net. But if you really want to amaze your friends, turn your Mac into a Desktop Cray.
Celestia (Score:5, Interesting)
I thought the CosmoSaver screensaver was good but Celestia is amazing - if you have OSX, or a friend with OSX, or if you are anywhere near an Apple store go get a look at it. When the camera zoomed out from Earth and showed the entire Galaxy for the first time my jaw dropped...
-Nex
So which is it? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:did you....R E A D M E (Score:3, Interesting)
Celestia ISS Sunrise (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:did you....R E A D M E (Score:2, Interesting)
At any rate, first time ever and even for a kernel panic Apple's got a classy screen
I used 'starry night' [starrynight.com]for OS9 and I saw that they now have a OS X version out, has anybody tried it?