Mathematikum
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The Mathematikum is a Science museum
, located in Gießen
, Germany
, which offers a huge variety of mathematical hands-on exhibits, it was founded by Albrecht Beutelspacher
, a German Mathematician.
The Mathematikum opened its doors to visitors on 19 November 2002, it was Inaugurated by the German President Johannes Rau
. Since then, the museum has attracted more than 500,000 visitors. Annually the museum is visited by more than 150,000 people. The Museum is opened every Day of the week, including Sunday.
The visitors can therefore learn, by participating in more than 150 interactive exhibits in the Museum and by gathering, a different Mathematical experience from each of the exhibits.
s, and puzzles.
Once every week, the Director of the Museum gives a detailed tour of the Museum to the visitors.
Additionally, once every month on a Tuesday, a Mathematician is invited. The Mathematician is interviewed by Professor Beutelspacher on Beutelspachers Sofa (Beutelspacher's Couch). At the end of the Interview the audience can talk to the guest and ask him questions.
Science museum
A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...
, located in Gießen
Gießen
Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, which offers a huge variety of mathematical hands-on exhibits, it was founded by Albrecht Beutelspacher
Albrecht Beutelspacher
Albrecht Beutelspacher is a German mathematician.-Biography:Beutelspacher studied 1969-1973 math, physics and philosophy at the University of Tübingen and received his PhD 1976 from the University of Mainz. His PhD advisor was Judita Cofman...
, a German Mathematician.
The Mathematikum opened its doors to visitors on 19 November 2002, it was Inaugurated by the German President Johannes Rau
Johannes Rau
Johannes Rau was a German politician of the SPD. He was President of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 June 2004, and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 1998.-Education and work:...
. Since then, the museum has attracted more than 500,000 visitors. Annually the museum is visited by more than 150,000 people. The Museum is opened every Day of the week, including Sunday.
Concept
The purpose of the Mathematikum is to, let people of any age, gender and any Qualification learn Mathematics by personal experience, rather than teaching it using formulae or equations and hardly ever numbers and symbols.The visitors can therefore learn, by participating in more than 150 interactive exhibits in the Museum and by gathering, a different Mathematical experience from each of the exhibits.
Exhibits
Mathematical experiments include mirrors, a Leonardo bridge, soap filmSoap film
Soap films are thin layers of liquid surrounded by air. For example, if two soap bubbles enters in contact, they merged and a thin film is created in between. Thus, foams are composed of a network of films connected by Plateau borders...
s, and puzzles.
Once every week, the Director of the Museum gives a detailed tour of the Museum to the visitors.
Additionally, once every month on a Tuesday, a Mathematician is invited. The Mathematician is interviewed by Professor Beutelspacher on Beutelspachers Sofa (Beutelspacher's Couch). At the end of the Interview the audience can talk to the guest and ask him questions.
External links
- http://www.mathematikum.de