Archimedes-lab.org

Archimedes-lab.org

Archimedes-lab.org is a free and collaborative edutainment website developed and maintained by Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber, two authors and writers with more than twenty years of experience in the fields of visual thinking and education. The main goal of the site is to popularize math through puzzles and games.

Archimedes-lab.org is divided into three main categories: puzzles & tests, illusions & paradoxes, oddities & curiosities. Among the proposed educational things, visitors will find number games, riddles, puzzles with downloadable pieces, perception puzzles and interactive optical illusions. A principal objective throughout the site is the enhancement of critical thinking skills. Here’s a quote from Scientific American (May 27, 2003): "This virtual lab borrows the empirical spirit and creative curiosity that Archimedes brought to his work and invites visitors to explore with the same expectations for mind-blowing discovery."

Archimedes-lab.org has won several [http://www.archimedes-lab.org/pressrelease.html awards] from scientific and educational publications, including a [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00077DD8-59F2-1ECA-8E1C809EC588EF21 Scientific American Web Award] in 2003, the [http://www.nctm.org/news/webbytes/2004_05webbytes.htm NCTM] (National Council of Teacher of Mathematics) Webby, and a mention in [http://www.merlot.org/artifact/ArtifactDetail.po?oid=1010000000000223431 Merlot] , the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online teaching.

Selected works

Books from Archimedes' Laboratory

* 2007 " [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844420647 Puzzillusions] ", Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-064-7
* 2006 " [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0764135201 Big Book of Optical Illusions] ", Barron's Educational Series, New York, ISBN 0-7641-3520-1
* 2006 " [http://www.bzztoh.nl/Boek.aspx?boek=875 Nieuwe Optische Illusies] ", BZZTOH, Netherland, ISBN 90-453-0473-2
* 2006 " [http://www.weltbild.de/artikel.php?WEA=8002820&artikelnummer=118584 Optische Illusionen] ", Weltbild, Germany, ISBN 3-8289-2126-4
* 2006 " [http://www.franceloisirs.com/catalogue/produit-107745.html Nouvelles Illusions d'Optique] ", France Loisirs, Paris, ISBN 2-7441-9236-8
* 2006 " [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/184442295X Fantastic Optical Illusions] ", Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-295-X
* 2005 " [http://www.archimedes-lab.org/zparution.html MateMagica] ", La Meridiana, Italy, ISBN 88-89197-56-0
* 2005 " [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844423271 New Optical Illusions] ", Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-327-1
* 2002 " [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0806983930 Dazzling Optical Illusions] ", Sterling Books, New York, ISBN 0-8069-8393-0
* 2002 " [http://www.archimedes-lab.org/zparution.html L'Almanach du mathematicien en herbe] ", Editions Archimede, Paris, ISBN 2-84469-025-4

See also

* List of online encyclopedias

External links

* [http://www.archimedes-lab.org Archimedes-lab.org]


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