The University of French Polynesia (French acronym UPF), located in Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, is one of the main institutions of higher education in the French overseas territories in the Pacific. Founded in 1987 and split from the University of New Caledonia by a Decree in 1999, the University is a regional center…
Located in the southern part of the peninsula, with over 1.5 million inhabitants Gwangju is South Korea’s sixth largest metropolis and the Gwangju Inseong High School is among the elite schools in the city, specializing in mathematics. The school decided to include physical experiments with Gömböc models in its mathematical curriculum. Upon recieving the Gömböc…
Tecahing about 20.000 students, the Johannes Kepler University Linz is among Austria’s major institutions of higher education. Founded in 1966, it is consistently ranked among best young universities in Europe. Located in the Science Park Building 2, the Insitute of Applied Geometry decided to use Gömböc models in the curriculum and put one Gömböc Light…
Owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and operated by an independend editorial board, the MIT Technology Review is one of the world’s most respected popular science magazines. Established in 1899, the magazine has been repeatedly voted in the USA as the most reliable source in technology and innovation. When other magazines moved their entire…
The Society for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) created the Stephen Smale prize whose objective is to recognize the work of one or two young mathematicians in the areas at the heart of the Society’s interest and to help to promote their integration among the leaders of the scientific community. The Board of Directors of the Society decided that the…
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…
The University of Padua, founded in 1222, is the world’s fifth oldest institution of higher edication and it is consistently ranked as Italy’s second best university. One of its major departments, the Department of Information Enegineering decided to put the individual Gömböc 1222, carrying the year of foundation of the University, on permanent exhibit. Located…
Season 3 of the series Tom Clancy: Jack Ryan was released in December 2022 by Prime Video. The political thriller which achieved rating 8.0 on IMDb, and 83% on Rottentomatoes was also published on DVD by Paramount. The story evolves around CIA analysts Jack Ryan (John Krasinksky) and James Greer (Wendell Pierce) as they try…
Science et Vie, one of the leading popular science magazines of France, feautres a Gömböc-related article in its December 2022 issue: Charlotte Mauger writes about the ingestible COVID vaccine pill which has been developed based on the Gömböc shape. The title of the Gömböc article also appears on the magazine’s front cover (upper image). The…
