Nothing is too good for science! To inaugurate the Science Festival, a gigantic city was reconstructed in the Nave of the Grand Palais: Industry Street, Innovation Avenue, Moon Place, Research Street, …, and also Controversy Square, a forum for impassioned debates on the relations between science and society.
The exhibit was designed as a fun, hands-on and easy way to understand intellectually demanding scientific content. Visitors learned how CO2 emissions can be reduced, how our brains work, and met the robots that will be helping the elderly in years to come… Guest researchers from all over Europe helped visitors to appreciate the importance of the scientific issues that directly affect us all.
The event was organised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research to mark the French presidency of the European Union and drew many young visitors.
