Random the Book

As a child my favourite bits of museums were the interactive bits. The buttons to be pressed and the knobs to be swizzled. In the basement of the Science Museum I remember a trove of interactive exhibits that were a hubbub of noise and activity in comparison to the slightly dusty galleries on the floors above.

In particular, a round table in the middle of which sat a gold ball. The aim was to snatch the ball, but the machine that controlled the table was quicker than any leaping child, and the ball disappeared into the table before it was touched.

With the book, we’d love to bring that sense of interactivity and play to bring some of the concepts to life. And given how I have new-found software coding skillz courtesy of Claude, that can become a reality.

Each card in the book will have a QR code. That QR code will take the reader to a website where there will be links to further reading on the matters raised in the story on the card. And, occasionally, there will be an interactive exhibit. There are four already in existence, and I expect there to be more.

Some of the interactive exhibits will merely illustrate a point. But some will be toys with which you can play.

Here, for example, is the Jackson Pollock Simulator. Have a play. Share your creations. Share news of the book. Hopefully there is big news coming in the next few days…