Numeri. The sections


The exhibition is divided into 11 modules. Some of them tackle general issues regarding numbers and counting, while other focus on significant numbers. Each number is associated to emblematic figures of great mathematicians, and offers an opportunity to explore the intertwining between mathematics and other areas of culture, from art to music, literature, and mystical thought:

1. Number sense
2. First steps:  1, 2, 3 …
3. Counting gestures and figures
4. A fascination with the irrational: √2 and Φ
5. Calculation tools and machines
6. The secret of the circle: π
7. Measuring the world
8. A new basis: e
9. Imaginary numbers: i
10. From zero to infinity 1
1. The enigmas of prime numbers