Archimedes-lab.org
Encyclopedia
Archimedes-lab.org is a free and collaborative edutainment
website developed and maintained by Gianni A. Sarcone
and Marie-Jo Waeber, two authors and writers with more than twenty years of experience in the fields of visual thinking
and education
. The main goal of the site is to popularize math through puzzles and games.
Archimedes-lab.org is divided into three main categories: puzzles & tests, illusions & paradoxes, oddities & curiosities. Among the proposed educational things, visitors will find number games, riddles, puzzles with downloadable pieces, perception puzzles and interactive optical illusions. A principal objective throughout the site is the enhancement of critical thinking
skills. Here’s a quote from Scientific American
(May 27, 2003): "This virtual lab borrows the empirical spirit and creative curiosity that Archimedes
brought to his work and invites visitors to explore with the same expectations for mind-blowing discovery."
Archimedes-lab.org has won several awards from scientific and educational publications, including a Scientific American Web Award in 2003, the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
) Webby
, and a mention in Merlot, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online teaching.
Edutainment
Edutainment is a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse.-Overview:...
website developed and maintained by Gianni A. Sarcone
Gianni A. Sarcone
Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber are writers and authors of columns and articles for newspapers and magazines featuring visual puzzles and math brain teasers. They are contributing editors to 'Focus Giochi' and 'Rivista Magia'...
and Marie-Jo Waeber, two authors and writers with more than twenty years of experience in the fields of visual thinking
Visual thinking
Picture thinking, visual thinking , visual/spatial learning or right brained learning is the common phenomenon of thinking through visual processing using the part of the brain that is emotional and creative to organize information in an intuitive and simultaneous way.Thinking in pictures, is one...
and education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
. The main goal of the site is to popularize math through puzzles and games.
Archimedes-lab.org is divided into three main categories: puzzles & tests, illusions & paradoxes, oddities & curiosities. Among the proposed educational things, visitors will find number games, riddles, puzzles with downloadable pieces, perception puzzles and interactive optical illusions. A principal objective throughout the site is the enhancement of critical thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the process or method of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false, or sometimes true and sometimes false, or partly true and partly false. The origins of critical thinking can be traced in Western thought to the Socratic...
skills. Here’s a quote from Scientific American
Scientific American
Scientific American is a popular science magazine. It is notable for its long history of presenting science monthly to an educated but not necessarily scientific public, through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as well as the quality of its specially commissioned color graphics...
(May 27, 2003): "This virtual lab borrows the empirical spirit and creative curiosity that Archimedes
Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Among his advances in physics are the foundations of hydrostatics, statics and an...
brought to his work and invites visitors to explore with the same expectations for mind-blowing discovery."
Archimedes-lab.org has won several awards from scientific and educational publications, including a Scientific American Web Award in 2003, the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics was founded in 1920. It has grown to be the world's largest organization concerned with mathematics education, having close to 100,000 members across the USA and Canada, and internationally....
) Webby
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
, and a mention in Merlot, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online teaching.
Books from Archimedes' Laboratory
- 2007 Puzzillusions, Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-064-7
- 2006 Big Book of Optical Illusions, Barron's Educational SeriesBarron's Educational SeriesBarron's Educational Series, Inc. is an American test preparation company, founded in 1941 as a publisher of materials to help students to prepare for college entrance examinations, and that offers online college entrance exam preparation classes...
, New York, ISBN 0-7641-3520-1 - 2006 Nieuwe Optische Illusies, BZZTOH, Netherland, ISBN 90-453-0473-2
- 2006 Optische Illusionen, Weltbild, Germany, ISBN 3-8289-2126-4
- 2006 Nouvelles Illusions d'Optique, France Loisirs, Paris, ISBN 2-7441-9236-8
- 2006 Fantastic Optical Illusions, Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-295-X
- 2005 MateMagica, La Meridiana, Italy, ISBN 88-89197-56-0
- 2005 New Optical Illusions, Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-327-1
- 2002 Dazzling Optical Illusions, Sterling Books, New York, ISBN 0-8069-8393-0
- 2002 L'Almanach du mathematicien en herbe, Editions Archimede, Paris, ISBN 2-84469-025-4