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whereisirisnow) wrote2016-04-09 03:55 pm
whereisirisnow) wrote2016-04-09 03:55 pm
Being nerdy in Munich
When did this actually happen? March 16, 2016
I went to Munich for two weeks to collaborate with some people on one of the codes I am using (which is developed in Munich). During these two weeks, we also had a meeting of the project that I am in. This meeting was at the technical university of Munich (I was visiting the other university: LMU), and this technical university had to spent some money on art.
They made mathematical art. Mathematical art.
I’ll be honest with you: I went slightly crazy. There is of course a reason that I briefly studied mathematics: I really do appreciate good (and bad) mathematics jokes. So this university was made for me!
First of all, they had written the Fibonacci sequence on the wall facing a glass wall in the elevator, so that you could see the Fibonacci sequence when going up or down in the elevator. How awesome is that?
Also, they had giant slides from the third floor to the ground floor in the mathematics building! These two slides together form a parabola *squeeeeee*.
I had to go on them, but was a bit self-conscious. Luckily, after the meeting, when I tentatively proposed going on the slides to my colleagues, they turned out to be quite willing as well. So we went on the giant slides! They are really steep at the beginning (well, duh, it’s a parabola), so you go really, really fast! They are great! I want to go back now. Even better: I want slides at ETH!
Me coming out of the slide really fast!
And then, when we went home, I found out that even the subway station of the university was full of geeky physics and mathematics art, highlighting lots of famous scientists. I hope we have a lot more meetings here in the future.
I went to Munich for two weeks to collaborate with some people on one of the codes I am using (which is developed in Munich). During these two weeks, we also had a meeting of the project that I am in. This meeting was at the technical university of Munich (I was visiting the other university: LMU), and this technical university had to spent some money on art.
They made mathematical art. Mathematical art.
I’ll be honest with you: I went slightly crazy. There is of course a reason that I briefly studied mathematics: I really do appreciate good (and bad) mathematics jokes. So this university was made for me!
First of all, they had written the Fibonacci sequence on the wall facing a glass wall in the elevator, so that you could see the Fibonacci sequence when going up or down in the elevator. How awesome is that?
Also, they had giant slides from the third floor to the ground floor in the mathematics building! These two slides together form a parabola *squeeeeee*.
I had to go on them, but was a bit self-conscious. Luckily, after the meeting, when I tentatively proposed going on the slides to my colleagues, they turned out to be quite willing as well. So we went on the giant slides! They are really steep at the beginning (well, duh, it’s a parabola), so you go really, really fast! They are great! I want to go back now. Even better: I want slides at ETH!
Me coming out of the slide really fast!
And then, when we went home, I found out that even the subway station of the university was full of geeky physics and mathematics art, highlighting lots of famous scientists. I hope we have a lot more meetings here in the future.
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But really, do you ever need an excuse to visit mathematical awesomeness? :D
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