Physics and Maths

Albert Einstein

The Science Museum: we love geeks. Come and discover the maths and science behind satellite navigation, WAP phones, MP3 players and all sorts of other old and new technologies. Oh, and we’ve got the famous Launchpad gallery – physics made phenomenal.

Galleries

The Mathematics Gallery exhibits mathematical instruments and models from the seventeenth century to present day, including mechanical calculators, slide-rules, drawing instruments and polyhedra.

 

Launchpad - the Science Museum's most popular gallery - has been relocated and reinvented. Explore science and technology first-hand with 50 hands-on exhibits and shows. See yourself on the heat camera or listen to your voice echo down a 30 metre tube.

 

IMAX Films

Experience first-hand the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes and storms on a quest to understand Earth's most destructive forces. Showing only upon request for education groups.

 

Events

A fun filled, informative look at the world of forces.

 

Discover what happens to Plasticine Pete when plunged into liquid nitrogen and find out how to use a banana as a hammer.

 

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