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MoMath: Manhattan's Museum of Mathematics

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By Lisa Grossman

5 December 2012

New York welcomes North America’s first ever mathematics museum

Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) Opens 15 December in New York

MATHEMATICS is awesome, full stop. That’s the philosophy behind a new museum opening next week in New York City.

The founders of the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) know they have a fight on their hands, given the pervasive idea that the subject is boring, hard and scary. But they are determined to give mathematics a makeover, with exhibits that express an unselfconscious, giddy joy in exploring the world of numbers and forms.

“We want to show a different side of mathematics,” says museum co-founder Cindy Lawrence. “Our…

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