Der Mathematiker Jürgen Richter-Gebert hat den Communicator-Preis 2021 für Wissenschaftskommunikation erhalten. Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM
Der Mathematiker Jürgen Richter-Gebert hat den Communicator-Preis 2021 für Wissenschaftskommunikation erhalten. Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM Portrait of mathematician Prof. Jürgen Richter-Gebert - Jürgen Richter-Gebert, Professor of Geometry and Visualization, has received the most prestigious award for scientific communication - the Communicator Award 2021, bestowed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. This honor recognizes the TUM researcher's many years of passionate work dedicated to sharing his love of mathematics with students, exhibition visitors and app users. Jürgen Richter-Gebert spent six months studying gold: He bought glitter pens at stationery shops, and studied jewelry store displays. At home, the mathematician moved gold bracelets and rings back and forth, watching the play of light on the surface. All of these efforts related to a single detail: In his "iOrnament: The Art of Symmetry" app, he wanted the gold on the screen to shimmer like the real metal when the screen or the user's head moved. The head of the Chair for Geometry and Visualization at TUM does not like to compromise when it comes to software, exhibits and exhibitions.
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