Archimedes-lab.org

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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 awards from scientific and educational publications, including a Scientific American Web Award in 2003, the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Webby, and a mention in Merlot, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online teaching.

Selected works

Books from Archimedes' Laboratory

• 2007 Puzzillusions, Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-064-7
• 2006 Big Book of Optical Illusions, Barron's Educational Series, New York, ISBN 0-7641-3520-1
• 2006 Nieuwe Optische Illusies, BZZTOH, Netherland, ISBN 90-453-0473-2
• 2006 Optische Illusionen, Weltbild, Germany, ISBN 3-8289-2126-4
• 2006 Nouvelles Illusions d'Optique, France Loisirs, Paris, ISBN 2-7441-9236-8
• 2006 Fantastic Optical Illusions, Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-295-X
• 2005 MateMagica, La Meridiana, Italy, ISBN 88-89197-56-0
• 2005 New Optical Illusions, Carlton Books Ltd, London, ISBN 1-84442-327-1
• 2002 Dazzling Optical Illusions, Sterling Books, New York, ISBN 0-8069-8393-0
• 2002 L'Almanach du mathematicien en herbe, Editions Archimede, Paris, ISBN 2-84469-025-4

See also

• List of online encyclopedias

External links

• Archimedes-lab.org