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Platonic Solids

Submitted by Tom Crawford on

The Platonic Solids are some of the most beautiful and symmetrical shapes in the mathematical world and as a result have fascinated mathematicians for thousands of years. This exhibit explains their mathematical deifnition and how they have been used throughout history to model everything in our universe, from the classical elements of Ancient Greece through to Kepler’s model of the solar system. It also explores their appearance in nature and how humans have made use of their mathematical properties to improve the design of man-made objects. 

Fly faster? Fly shorter!

“Fly faster? Fly shorter!” is an educational math game (designed for one-player or two-players mode). Players fly a plane that cannot change speed, so they can win only by following the shortest route between the checkpoints they have to reach. But which is the shortest route on a map? Test your skill!

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Simulating the Melting of Ice Caps

Sea levels are rising for various reasons related to global warming. The glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland, known as ice caps or ice sheets, play a major role in sea level rise. Is it possible to predict future changes in these ice caps, and particularly the calving of icebergs into the ocean?

The module answers to this question by showing numerical simulations of ice sheet dynamics.

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Mathematic of Planet Earth - A new upgrade for the travelling hands’ on exhibition in 2017

Submitted by Guy-Antoine Dufourd on

In 2017, Centre Sciences with the collaboration of some mathematic researchers and laboratories, intends to develop new topics and experiences to upgrade the physical exhibition “Mathematic of Planet Earth”. There will increase public awareness of the crucial role of mathematics sciences to understand and manage the main Earth’s issues. There will allows teachers, students or public organizations to share interest and knowledge on a cultural and scientific event in numerous places. 

Among the new ones: Maths in nature / A solid core for the Earth / Digital sundial / Lorenz’s chaotic mill / Avalanches seeds / Resist to earthquakes / Mechanical soliton…

Balls sorting mechanism

Submitted by Evgeniy Shiryaev on

Sorting algorithms are present both in wild nature and human induced reality. Example of the first one is a sequence of fights while flock hierarchy based on intraspecific concuration is been built. The second one can be seen in final part of Olympics in a sport game.

The math of the shells

Submitted by Atractor on

This film illustrates how the great majority of seashells existing in nature can be generated by a fixed set of equations by simply varying some parameters. This gives one more example of how the apparent complexity one sees in nature may have a much simpler mathematical inner structure.

Dendritis

This module aims to educate young people (14-19) about the importance of trees, the significance of tree diseases worldwide, and their rates of infection. It introduces the concept of mathematical modelling, and attempts to demonstrate how an increasingly accurate mathematical model can be created through the addition and modification of algorithms. The activity sheets allow students to access source code and through making alterations create a more realistic model.

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