Numbed by numbers – Page 2 – Numb3d by numb3rs

Ethnomathematics

This is the first exhibit of the tour. One enters under a Bedouin tent, under which there is a shrine with reproductions of va

To say “the die is cast” (in latin “Alea iacta est”) is to suggest that a process is past the point of

In this exhibit we discuss numbers and number relationships found in nature, starting with number series such as Fibonacci’s

This paradox is inspired by the 1960s American TV quiz show Let’s make a deal, hosted by host Monty Hall. The game consi

The lotto game consists of drawing without re-entry from an urn, some balls all numbered differently. The winner – when

Warning: This exhibit, actually, can be in either the Dice or Digits section since the idea is to count how many objects are i

Roulette is a game of chance that takes place on a gambling table on which there is a disc divided into 37 boxes/sectors numbe

Spider web (Giocatela!) is a nice game of probability, suitable for a children’s audience, but fun for adults as well, a

Are you a Sudoku champion? All the colored panels in this post were generated by randomly placing the nine colors in the 9

The Galton board or Galton machine (QUINCUNX) is named after Sir Francis Galton, an English mathematician and statistician who