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Related: About this forumMoMath: Manhattan's Museum of Mathematics
MATHEMATICS is awesome, full stop. That's the philosophy behind a new museum opening next week in New York City.
The founders of the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) know they have a fight on their hands, given the pervasive idea that the subject is boring, hard and scary. But they are determined to give mathematics a makeover, with exhibits that express an unselfconscious, giddy joy in exploring the world of numbers and forms.
"We want to show a different side of mathematics," says museum co-founder Cindy Lawrence. "Our goal is to get kids excited, and show them the math they're doing in school is just one tree in a whole huge forest."
To this end, mathematics pervades every aspect of the design, sometimes in surprising places. Take the museum's Enigma Café. At first glance, it looks like any other trendy, modern Manhattan cafe. But instead of coffee, puzzles will be served. And a careful look reveals that the floor is a 6-by-6 grid, the walls are made of Tetris-like puzzle shapes called pentominoes, and the tables are arranged as a knight would progress across a chessboard.
"We try to hide math everywhere," says Lawrence.
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/12/momath-manhattan-museum-of-mathematics.html
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MoMath: Manhattan's Museum of Mathematics (Original Post)
n2doc
Dec 2012
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immoderate
(20,885 posts)1. Cool. Which math is.
--imm
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)2. You're welcome
From MoMath.org:
Grand Opening: Saturday, December 15, 2012
11 East 26th Street
New York, NY (Manhattan)
rocktivity
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)3. There's something irrational about a Museum of Math... n/t
TPaine7
(4,286 posts)4. LOL... and odd... and transcendental...
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. I hope it isn't all imaginary... n/t
ret5hd
(20,490 posts)6. No, just irrational.