The London Knowledge Lab is hosting a special lecture to celebrate the installation of our magnificent Zome model, the “omnitruncated 120 cell”, constructed from 21,360 parts of the Zometool geometrical construction system. The model presents a shadow in the three dimensional world of a geometrical shape defined in four dimensions.

Our distinguished speaker, PAUL HILDEBRANDT, is co-developer of the Zome system and founder of the Zometool company in Colorado, USA. His lecture will be titled, “Zome: from live-in sculpture to a language for understanding the structure of space.” He will describe how the roots of the Zome system draw on the inspiration of art, architecture and mathematics, and touch on the deep structure of nature and numbers.

14 Feb 2008
The lecture will commence at 5.30pm. Tea will be served from 5.00pm. There will be a reception after the lecture, starting at 7.00pm.

Zometool workshops, 15 and 16 February 2008
_We are holding two hands-on Zometool workshops with Paul Hildebrandt on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 February. _

15 February: 2pm – 5.30pm, Introductory Zometool Workshop, a hands-on introduction for anyone interested in the application of Zometool to mathematics, science, architecture, art, etc.

16 February: 11am – 4pm, Zometool for Mathematics Education Workshop, intended for teachers, parents and educators interested specifically in the use of Zometool in school mathematics