Museum of Science, Boston

Math & Physical Sciences

Understanding matter and energy.

Using numbers and symbols, this is the study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities.

Live PresentationS

• Cool Concepts: Fantastic Forces
• Cool Concepts: Mind Games & Optical Illusions
• Electricity!
• Fantastic Forces: Archaeology
• Hands-on Laboratory
• Home Run Science
• How to Build A Large Hadron Collider
• Lightning!
• Strange Stuff
• The Incandescent Palace

ExhibitS

• Discovery Center
• Math Moves! Experiencing Ratio and Proportion
• Mathematica
• Science In The Park
• Seeing Is Deceiving
• The Light House

LectureS

• National Chemistry Week Celebration

PodcastS

• April 29, 2011 - Harvard's Forest Laboratory | Fighting Fire With Electricity
• December 10, 2010 - Energy Solutions: UMass Wet Lab and a Better Battery
• November 12, 2010 - Energy Saving Technologies
• July 02, 2010 - Nature's Beauty: Bubbles and Diamonds
• June 04, 2010 - Let's Play Ball! | Building a Cooler Transistor

VideocastS

• October 01, 2009 - Using Geophysics for Archaeology Mapping
• July 22, 2009 - Artificial Sweeteners Indicate Wastewater Contamination
• February 25, 2009 - Can We Prevent Gray Hair?
• January 14, 2009 - Record-breaking Run of Warm Years Is Not Random
• September 18, 2008 - High-tech Fingerprinting

Electricity!

Witness a high-voltage demonstration of lightning created by the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator. 20 minutes.

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