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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Leeds art installation helps children grapple with fourth spatial dimension

Gemma Anderson-Tempini’s climbing frame
Gemma Anderson-Tempini’s climbing frame is reminiscent of that made for the children of a famous mathematician. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

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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