Digital city rally in Göttingen: Discover the world of quantums!

Digital city rally in Göttingen: Discover the world of quantums!

The forum knowledge of the University of Göttingen offers a digital city rally in cooperation with physics students. This takes place as part of the special exhibition "What the Quant?! The exhibition for the quantum year 2025". By the end of October 2025, interested parties can carry out the rally with the free "Actionbound" app. This begins and ends in the forum knowledge and leads the participants at a total of six stations that give exciting insights into the world of quantums.

The topics of the stations are diverse and include both the history of the quantum mechanics and scientific focuses from chemistry and astrophysics. The content is conveyed playfully through tasks and puzzles. At three of the stations, digital content complement the topics and create an in -depth discussion. The entire duration of the rally is about 90 minutes, while knowledge is available in the forum free WiFi to download the app and the data. Information material and flyers are also available at the information counter. Following the rally, it is possible to visit the special exhibition on quantum mechanics. Maximilian Gallenkamp can be reached as a contact for further information, whose contact details can be found in the materials in the forum knowledge. Uni-goettingen.de reports that the special exhibition itself runs from March 27 to October 5, 2025.

The context of quantum mechanics

The exhibition aims to clarify quantum mechanics and their importance in modern technology. With the focus on quantum mechanics, which is considered the most successful physical theory and has its origin in Göttingen, the exhibition also addresses the social and political circumstances that led to the scientific breakthrough. Hands-on experiments and the presentation of current applications of quantum technologies should promote the understanding of visitors. Young people, as well as artistic elements, contribute to the creative examination of the complex topic. Under the patronage of the German Physical Society e.V., 2025 is recognized as an international year of quantum science. Forum-wissen.de provides further information.

The German Museum in Munich will show another exhibition until the end of October 2025, in which the interactions between light and matter are discussed. Here, concrete applications of quantum -optical phenomena, such as those used in mobile phones and scanners, are illustrated here. In addition to looking at the historical aspects, such as the physicist Albert Einstein, cultural references such as the use of lasers in James Bond films are also discussed. Deutschland.de also mentions that various experiment stations for quantum technology are offered on April 14, 2024 in the "Phaeno" science museum in Wolfsburg. Here visitors can experience the phenomena such as quantum restrictions.

The program is designed in many ways as part of the international year of quantum science and technology in 2025. This includes, for example, the installation "Quantum Jungle" by the artist Robin Baumgarten, which interactively conveys the properties of the quanta.