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24 alternatives to Abakcus

Collection of the best mathematics and science stuff

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Abakcus launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Vellum – An interactive list of nonfiction books reviewed by academics▲140
Science book reviews
2021 · vellum.tachy.org · its alternatives →
2
A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science ▲75
Even If You Flunked Algebra
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Tappity▲248
World's largest library of interactive lessons for kids
2020 · tappityapp.com · its alternatives →
4
Stat of the day▲249
Fascinating and important stats from the rest of world
2020 · restofworld.org · its alternatives →
5
Wait▲74
The art and science of delay
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Candy Math▲78
The easiest way to love mathematics
2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
7
How Round Is Your Circle?▲54
Where engineering and mathematics meet
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Bababot▲166
Multiply your child's brainpower
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
Principia Mathematica▲72
Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica re-issue
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
10
Cubeit▲147
View, search & share from your favorite apps in one place
2016 · cubeit.io · its alternatives →
11
Tappity 2.0▲132
100s of interactive science videos to inspire kids 4-10
2021 · play.tappityapp.com · its alternatives →
12
The Art of Data Science▲85
A guide for anyone who works with data
2017 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
13
Synthesize TikZ Graphics Programs for Scientific Figures and Sketches▲132
Creating high-quality scientific figures can be time-consuming and challenging, even though sketching ideas on paper is relatively easy. Furthermore, recreating existing figures that are not stored in formats preserving semantic information is equally complex. To tackle this problem, we introduce DeTikZify, a novel multimodal language model that automatically synthesizes scientific figures as semantics-preserving TikZ graphics programs based on sketches and existing figures. We also introduce a Monte Carlo Tree Search-based inference algorithm that enables DeTikZify to iteratively refine its…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
What is Fire?▲134
An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound
2016 · its alternatives →
15
Mathematics+▲78
Your source for daily math workouts!
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Citationsy▲95
Easily create citations, reference lists, and bibliographies
2017 · citationsy.com · its alternatives →
17
LibHunt▲90
A network of curated lists of useful libraries and resources
2016 · libhunt.com · its alternatives →
18
Grokking Algorithms▲70
An illustrated guide for programmers & other curious people
2016 · adit.io · its alternatives →
19
Fun Facts▲85
Learn and share interesting tidbits about the world
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
20
Programming Pearls▲71
Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
PaperWiki▲80
Free online summaries of scientific articles
2021 · its alternatives →
22
Data Science from Scratch▲76
Data Science and Python, starting at zero
2015 · joelgrus.com · its alternatives →
23
Street-Fighting Mathematics▲61
The art of educated guessing + opportunistic problem solving
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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GeoGebra Augmented Reality▲67
Place math objects on any surface and take screenshots.
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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