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Mac OS X Quantum Simulations

Posted by pudge on from the computers-can-do-that dept.

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.

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  1. Celestia by Nexum · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My God,

    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

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  2. So which is it? by Erik+K.+Veland · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is Celestia mindblowing or just great (and availible on other platforms)?

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    "I tend to think of OS X as Linux with QA and Taste", James Gosling, creator of Java
  3. Re:did you....R E A D M E by djupedal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And for the record, my box locked up about 30 minutes later....I had to come in from another box and reboot.

  4. Celestia ISS Sunrise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Nothing like watching a peaceful realtime virtual sunrise for the International Space Station to make you feel better after the unfortunate space-related event recently. Happens every ~90 minutes. Just type "ISS" in the Go To Object window.

  5. Re:did you....R E A D M E by golo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, but they should at last mention that a kernel panic is a common risk.
    At any rate, first time ever and even for a kernel panic Apple's got a classy screen :-)

    I used 'starry night' for OS9 and I saw that they now have a OS X version out, has anybody tried it?