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The mathematics of soap bubbles


Highfield Campus



Building: 56

Room: Students Centre

Age suitable for: 11+




Why are soap bubbles round? In a web of bubbles, why do soap films always meet in groups of 3? In this activity you will learn the mathematics and physics by which nature arranges soap bubbles hands-on. You can even play with a 'soap bubble computer', which is able to solve a real-world problem: how to build a railway network between different stations in the most efficient way?