Learning Resource
A personal site with a vast collection of notes and examples on geometry, fractals, curves and surfaces, visualisation and dome projection. Equations sit alongside code, making it a long-standing reference for makers.
Open page ↗ paulbourke.net
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Learning Resource Revisited
Articles on computer graphics, mathematics, shaders and fractals. Its explanations of signed distance functions and raymarching are standard references for anyone drawing shapes with equations.
In common: Geometry · Fractals · Writing
Institution
The site of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's project for turning astronomical research into images. It offers Mitaka, free software for travelling from Earth out to the large-scale structure of the universe, along with simulation-based films and VR works — reference material for visualising celestial motion and orbits.
In common: Celestial Orbits · Data Visualization · Video
Learning Resource
A book by Daniel Shiffman on simulating natural systems with code. It covers physics, particles, autonomous agents, cellular automata, fractals and genetic algorithms with p5.js, and is freely readable online.
In common: Fractals · Writing
Channel / Account
A mathematics channel that explains linear algebra, calculus, number theory, neural networks and more through animation. Its way of building understanding through moving diagrams is a model for turning mathematics into film.
In common: Data Visualization · Video
Article
An article listing signed distance functions for primitives such as spheres, boxes and tori, along with operations like union, subtraction, intersection and smooth blending — all with GLSL code. A reference dictionary for building solids from equations.
In common: Geometry · Writing
Artist
A huge archive of mathematical and physical simulation images by a researcher at École polytechnique in France, with more than ten thousand pictures and animations grouped by theme — real numbers, fractals, quantum physics, astronomy and more. The site is old-fashioned and easy to get lost in, but it is still being updated.
In common: Fractals · Video
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