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Sumanas develops animated tutorials in a variety of formats for many scientific disciplines. Click on the thumbnail images below to see some examples. Additional animations can be found by clicking on the individual subject headings. Also, don't forget to visit our Science in Focus section for animations that explain science topics that are in the news.

Legal notice: Noncommerical links to animations on this website are permitted only if the link is to the HTML file displaying the animation. Direct links to Flash (.swf), Shockwave (.dcr) or QuickTime (.mov) files are a violation of our copyright and are expressly prohibited. Links for commercial purposes are prohibited without the prior written permission of Sumanas, Inc.
SUBJECT: General Biology
TITLE: Life Cycle of HIV, a Retrovirus
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
CLIENT: Sinauer Associates
SUBJECT: Molecular Biology
TITLE: Polymerase Chain Reaction
FORMAT: Flash 8
SUBJECT: Microbiology
TITLE: Cell Fractionation
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
CLIENT: Sinauer Associates
SUBJECT: General Biotechnology
TITLE: Human Embryonic Stem Cells
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash MX
CLIENT: NIH/NINDS
SUBJECT: Biopsychology/Neuroscience
TITLE: Synaptic Transmission
FORMAT: Macromedia Shockwave/Flash
CLIENT: Sinauer Associates
SUBJECT: Ecology (Simulations)
TITLE: Biogeography
FORMAT: Java Applet (plug-in required)
CLIENT: W. H. Freeman & Co.
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SUBJECT: Astronomy
TITLE: Radial Velocity Curves
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
CLIENT: W. H. Freeman & Co.
SUBJECT: Statistics
TITLE: Normal Curves
FORMAT: Java Applet (plug-in required)
CLIENT: W. H. Freeman & Co.
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SUBJECT: Chemistry
TITLE: The Fermi-Dirac Distribution
FORMAT: Java Applet (plug-in required)
CLIENT: W. H. Freeman & Co.
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Please wait until it has fully loaded.)
SUBJECT: Dynamic Illustrations
TITLE: Paternity Testing
FORMAT: Macromedia Flash
CLIENT: Sinauer Associates
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