by Roger Layton | Feb 25, 2015 | ETHER Experience, Museum of Mathematics, Museums, user experience
I have always considered Alan Turing to be my personal hero, the one historical figure whom I can look up to and acknowledge. Alan who? you say! His life story has been the subject of a recent movie, The Imitation Game, which made it to the final few movies for the...
by Roger Layton | Jul 24, 2014 | Museum of Mathematics
Well, things have certainly started with a bang! I have received many responses and congratulations about our announcement of the Museum of Mathematics (MμMα) in the past week, resulting from our initial blog post and also the tweets of this by Nick Poole of...
by Roger Layton | Jul 7, 2014 | Museum of Mathematics
In blog #1, I identified the Museum of Mathematics, MμMα, and I provided an initial vision of what we are proposing for this new institution in the museum landscape of South Africa. I specifically noted that this will be both a physical and a digital museum, with the...
by Roger Layton | Jul 2, 2014 | Museum of Mathematics
We are launching today (2 July 2014) the Museum of Mathematics to serve the interests of mathematics in the country, and to promote a knowledge and love of mathematics especially among school children. For many years ETHER has been engaged in supporting museums,...
