Leeds art installation helps children grapple with fourth spatial dimension
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6FPX2)
Sprawling work at Victorian house features 4D climbing frame and is part of city's year of culture
It is unlikely the children clambering over the world's first 4D climbing frame had any idea they were helping to explore higher dimensional geometry, irregular polytopes or string theoretical physics - but they unquestionably had fun.
They loved it and my kids are coming tomorrow so I'm very excited," said Gemma Anderson-Tempini, an artist, after road testing her climbing frame with Leeds youngsters before school started on Thursday.
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