What's new at MacKichan Software

SciFace Software and MuPAD Pro Acquired by The MathWorks

Monday, October 6, 2008. SciFace Software GmbH & Co. KG, the maker of MuPAD Pro, has been acquired by The MathWorks, the maker of MATLAB technical computing software. MuPAD will continue to be developed by the existing development team in Paderborn, Germany, but as part of The MathWorks' Symbolic Math Toolbox, which can be purchased for use with MATLAB. MuPAD Pro will no longer be sold as a standalone product.

We're very excited about this development and will be working with MathWorks on future generations of MuPAD for our products. With the acquisition by The MathWorks, we believe MuPAD will improve at a more rapid pace, which will benefit Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Notebook.

For more details, please visit this Frequently Asked Questions page on The MathWorks website.

NYSMATYC math contest awards

Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Prizes of Scientific Notebook 5.5 were given to participants at the NYSMATYC Conference in Suffern, NY. The winners are:

Conference prize winners announced

Thursday, February 7, 2008. Prizes of Scientific WorkPlace and MPP 4 were given to participants at the University of Miami's 2007 conference. See the winners here.

Typeset PDF Files for International Documents with XeTeX

Friday, December 14, 2007. With Version 5.x of SWP and SW, you can create typeset PDF files of documents in non-Roman languages (such as Japanese and Chinese) using XeTeX, an adaptation of TeX that is available with TeX Live 2007. For more information, read these details.

SWP, SW, SNB and Windows Vista

Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Many versions of SWP, SW, and SNB run under Windows Vista. Read details.

NMSU math contest winners announced

Thursday, May 17, 2007. NMSU (New Mexico State University) Department of Mathematical Sciences hosted the 2007 annual version of the Great Southwestern Mathematics Contest on Wednesday, April 4. Thirty-five teams from five different New Mexico high schools participated in the event. The top placing team members received a copy of Scientific Notebook.

NYSMATYC mathematics competition winners announced

Friday, April 27, 2007. NYSMATYC (New York State Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges) sponsors a state-wide mathematics competition for community college students. The competition is held twice a year, in the Fall and Spring, and the scores are combined. To recognize the efforts of these students, NYSMATYC honored the top ten finishers at their April Annual Conference with prizes, including Scientific Notebook.

Now available: V1.1 of Calculus: Understanding Its Concepts and Methods

3D plot animation

Monday, July 31, 2006. Authors Darel Hardy, Fred Richman, Carol Walker, and Robert Wisner have updated the online text Calculus: Understanding Its Concepts and Methods to add faster plot generation, new animations, and corrections to earlier misprints. Download a free patch update now.

Find the perfect document shell

Thursday, June 1, 2006. Find the document shell that meets your needs quickly and easily. Now you can view samples of the documents produced by each document shell available in Version 5.5 of Scientific WorkPlace, Scientific Word, and Scientific Notebook. And you can easily obtain new and modified shells: download a self-extracting file that automatically installs the shell components in your program directory.

Beamer presentations in Version 5.x

Create beautiful, typeset PDF presentations using the Beamer Package with Version 5.5 of Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word.

Friday, June 30, 2006. Expanded Beamer support is now available for Version 5.x. Download and install the updated self-extracting file.


Tuesday, April 11, 2006. We have created a new shell and sample document for Beamer files.


Friday, March 31, 2006. Now you can create beautiful, typeset PDF presentations using Beamer with Version 5.5 of Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word. Choose among many available layouts and create dynamic transitions from slide to slide. Create presentations containing text, mathematics, graphics, and animations.


Calculus: Understanding Its Concepts and Methods

3D plot animation

Wednesday, January 11, 2006. MacKichan Software announces the publication of Calculus: Understanding Its Concepts and Methods, by Darel Hardy, Fred Richman, Carol Walker, and Robert Wisner. This revolutionary calculus textbook, which includes Scientific Notebook, uses the built-in computer algebra system to teach calculus through interaction, experimentation, and exploration. The book is available on CD from the MacKichan Software webstore. Read more about the book or see a demonstration.

Patch update 2953 for Version 5.5 available now

Tuesday, December 20, 2005. We have released Build 2953 of Scientific WorkPlace, Scientific Word, and Scientific Notebook. The update applies only to the English version of the products. It includes new features and enhancements related to 2D and 3D plots and provides a lookup feature for calling external applications such as online search engines and encyclopedias. Learn more about the new build and download a free patch update.

German Version of 5.5 products released

Thursday, July 28, 2005. MacKichan Software announces the release of German versions of 5.5 of Scientific WorkPlace, Scientific Word, and Scientific Notebook. The German version is available exclusively through Additive GmbH, our German distributor. Read about the German version.

Version 5.5 released

Thursday, July 28, 2005. MacKichan Software announces the release of version 5.5 of Scientific WorkPlace, Scientific Word, and Scientific Notebook.



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