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We are very grateful to brother Robert and his awesome colleagues from the Urania observatory for tonight’s adventure. We saw Jupiter and its four main moons, Saturn and Venus. And … Continue reading Summer Night Sky Watching
Simon is very fond of the Magic Tile app, a virtual environment where complex and simpler Rubik’s cubes and other shapes can be solved. He loves the Hyperbolic plane: “Infinitely … Continue reading Magic Tile
Simon loved the Science Museum, even though he did not get to see the Klein Bottles from the museum’s permanent collection (none of them was on display). He particularly enjoyed … Continue reading The rest of the trip to London
On the way to London: Simon watching the Coding Train on the train… And giving his sis an English lesson On the way back: doing maths under the table
For Simon and me, this book (“Infinite Lives of Maisie Day” by Christopher Edge) has probably been one of our most profound experiences of the year. We read it together, … Continue reading The Maisie Day
Simon showing us catenaries made of soap, as he brings two plastic bands apart after dipping them in soapy water:
Playing chess in the park. A beautiful way to spend my birthday evening. The new Chinese chess set was a gift from Steven. To top it all off, Simon also … Continue reading Evening chess
It’s my birthday today and Simon has calculated my age in bases 2-12, 16 and 20! In the video, he explains what my color is in hexadecimal (base 16), how … Continue reading Mom is 100111! And she is 33! And 124!
Simon and Neva make a 3D projection of a Hypertetrahedron – one of the regular solids in 4D – using straws. Simon looks up the formula for the center of … Continue reading 4D Solids at our home!
This is a Japanese version of the famous River Crossings Puzzle that Simon learned from the Scam School channel (yes, our little programming and math nerd actually watches Scam School, … Continue reading River Crossings Puzzle
Geeks out of the box 