Archimedes-lab.org
Type of site | Educational |
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Owners | Marie-Jo Waeber, Gianni A. Sarcone |
Created by | Marie-Jo Waeber, Gianni A. Sarcone |
URL | http://www.archimedes-lab.org |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 1995 |
Archimedes-lab.org is a free and collaborative
The main goal of the web site is to teach mathematics differently and to make it accessible to everyone through visual puzzles and games. The site walks visitors through various problem solving strategies and discoveries in the world of recreational mathematics.
Limited parts of the site are offered in French, Italian, Spanish and German. But regular puzzle features like the Puzzle of the Week, the Sunday Puzzle and the Puzzle of the Month are available in three languages:[2] English, French and Italian.
Site contents
Archimedes-lab.org is divided into four main categories: puzzles & tests, illusions & paradoxes, mind & brain, oddities & curiosities. Among the proposed educational tools and tutorials, visitors will find intuitive visuals, number games, puzzles with downloadable pieces, perception puzzles and interactive
Awards and accolades
Archimedes-lab.org has won several awards from scientific and educational publications,[3] including a Scientific American Web Award in 2003,[4] the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Web Award,[5] and a mention in MERLOT, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching[6] and in The DO-IT Center, the Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology Center.[7]
Selected works
Books from Archimedes' Laboratory
- How to draw incredible optical illusions, Imagine Publishing, USA, 2015, ISBN 1623540607.
- Super Optical Illusions, Carlton Kids, UK, 2014, ISBN 1783120851
- Impossible Folding Puzzles and Other Mathematical Paradoxes, Dover Publications, USA, 2014, ISBN 0486493512
- Pliages, découpages et magie, Editions Pole, France, 2012, ISBN 2848841656
- Puzzillusions, Carlton Books Ltd, London, 2007, ISBN 1-84442-064-7
- Big Book of Optical Illusions, ISBN 0-7641-3520-1
- MateMagica, La Meridiana, Italy, 2005, ISBN 88-89197-56-0
- L'Almanach du mathematicien en herbe, Editions Archimede, Paris, 2002, ISBN 2-84469-025-4
References
External links
- Archimedes-lab.org, official website.
- Puzzle it out, an exhaustive article about Archimedes-lab.org