The University of New Caledonia is one of the major institutions of higher education in the French overseas territories. Located in Nouméa, the largest francophone city in Oceania, the university has over 3.000 students. The leadership of the university decided to put the individual Gömböc 166, carrying the number of the meridian passing thorugh the…
Founded in 1870 and consistently ranked among the world’s top 100 universities, the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) is not only Germany’s largest engineering school, in several subject areas (such as mechanical engineering and materials science) it is also the best one. The Faculty of Mathematics, Computer science, and Natural sciences is one of nine faculties at the…
One of the world’s top engineering schools, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (also called briefly EPFL) has a unique collection of mathematical models and scientific instruments. Located in the iconic Cubotron building, the collection hosts over 1000 valuable instruments and models. From now on, showcase BSP14 will serve as the home of Gömböc 1853,…
Founded in 1303, Sapienza University in Rome is not only one of the world’s oldest institutions of higher education but also Europe’s largest university by enrollment. Beyond being consistently ranked #1 in Italy, in classics and antique history it is regarded the world’s foremost place to study. The Faculty for Civil and Industrial Engineering at…
Ranked #1 in Colombia and #6 in Latin America, Universidad de los Andes (popularly called Uniandes) is an outstanding private university in Bogotá where the Department of Mathematics decided to put Gömböc 1949, carrying the year of foundation of the department, on permanent exhibit. The individual Gömböc was presented by H.E. Anna Zsófia Villegas-Vitézy, ambassador…
The Centre Pompidou in Paris hosts several outstanding cultural institutions, among them the Bibliothéque Publique d’Information (BPI), one of the most significant public libraries in France. The library decided to put Gömböc 500 on permanent exhibit in the section hosting science books. Gömböc 500 became the world’s largest monolithic Gömböc on public display. The serial number refers…
Eastern Mediterrenaen University , founded in the city of Famagusta in 1986 is the leading university of Northern Cyprus and the second best instituion of higher education of Cyprus. The Department of Mathematics (operating as part of the Faculty of Arts and Scienes ) decided to display Gömböc 986 as a permanent exhibit, carrying 3 digits form the year of…
Quanta Magazin (ranked as the world’s #1 science news portal) dedicated its March 1st article to the work of Singapore-born mathematician Lek-Heng Lim , professor at the University of Chicago. While owner of several prestigeous prizes (e.g. the James H. Wilkinson Prize, the Hans Schneider Prize), professor Lim preferred to show his Stephen Smale Prize in the Quanta interview (see our…
Located in Melanesia, 2000 km north of New Zealand, the Republic of Fiji is intersected by the 180th meridian, which is approximately the path followed by the International Date Line. The country’s leading institution of higher education, Fiji National University decided to put Gömböc 180, carrying the number of the meridian running through Fiji, on…
Founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in Jerusalem, the world-famous Hebrew University has been in operation since 1925. The Einstein Institute of Mathematics decided to add Gömböc 1925, commemorationg this date, to its models collection and put it on permanent exhibit at the entrance of the library which is decorated by a statue of Einstein. The individual Gömböc…
