After seeing the advantages of using interactive visuals in the
classroom, Eric Schulz, a mathematics instructor at Walla Walla
Community College, started thinking about how to redefine the
standard ebook model of lifeless, static pages. Using
Mathematica and the Computable Document Format (CDF), Eric
combined the capabilities of traditional text and interactive
application into a single computation-powered knowledge
container. After sharing this vision and presenting some of his
dynamic figures, Schulz was invited to join authors Briggs,
Cochran, and Gillett for a new calculus text to be published by
Pearson. CDF allowed the use of one tool, Mathematica, for
typesetting, data, interactivity, and deployment. "It's hard to
imagine how a book like this would be brought alive without
having Mathematica." Using the free Wolfram CDF Player, students
can immediately navigate through sections and explore the
ebook's interesting interactive figures and intuitive text,
which combine to bring hard-to-convey concepts to