It is no exaggeration to say that the Brain is the most important organ in the human body. It regulates and coordinates our actions, movements, thoughts and emotions.

The three main themes of this exhibition are "What is our brain like", "The Brain thinks" and "The Brain moves the body". Here we can find out the length of our nerve cells or even enter a giant head that is a true "Brain Cinema".

There are around 70 activities to try out to get to know the functions, components and potential of our own Brain.

Try to climb an impossible stairway, touch a real brain, race around with a nerve cell message, play music with the brain waves, learn how our biological clock works, try out different tasks that are easier for men or for women, use your brain energy to control pain or do personality and intelligence tests.

Tiny grey cells, Great thoughts

A notebook on the brain.

A notebook divided in chapters around the central theme of "The Brain" it was specially designed as a teaching aid for this exhibition from the Copenhagen Experimentarium. It also contains brainteasers and exercises to keep your brain healthy.

This 56 page notebook is colourful and great fun. You can buy it at the Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva bookshop for €7.48.

The exhibition "The Brain" was on show from 05-05-2000 to 26-01-2001.

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The human body is the last frontier - the frontier of knowledge, the boundary of wisdom. Man has been able to learn more about himself and his body through technology. Only by "tunnelling beneath the skin" were we able to reveal the secrets that lie beyond the reach of the human eye. This is how we developed technologies and tools that help us on this virtual "journey".

The discovery of the human body began with the dissection of corpses. Nowadays, technological advances provide increasingly accurate diagnoses using non-invasive techniques, without causing pain to the patient. The technological barrier was overcome with the invention of the X-ray.

The introduction of computerised diagnostic techniques led to advances in Imaging techniques which can take cross-section images from any angle of the body.

This Deutsches Museum exhibition demonstrates many techniques for exploring the human body, from X-ray and Ultrasound to Nuclear Medicine. It is these that will enable us to break down the final barrier.

Beneath the Skin
A journey through the Human Body

The catalogue provides detailed descriptions of modern-day Imaging techniques - the different methods of observing internal anatomy - displayed in this exhibition of the Deutsches Museum of Munich.

The 64 page catalogue, with 89 incredible high-resolution images, can be bought at the Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva bookshop for €7.48.

The exhibition "Beneath the Skin" was on show from 06-06-2000 to 22-02-2001.

The ESA - European Space Agency was presented to the public at the Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva in an exhibition that ran from June 15th to October 1st. The entrance of Portugal brought the number of member states in this European organisation to 15.

The exhibition presents the main ESA activities, particularly those in which Portugal will participate - satellites and telecommunications, Earth and meteorology observations, launch pads, space flights and laboratories, exploration of the Solar System and outer space.

http://www.esa.int

Information about the ESA in Portuguese:

http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/Portugal.html

The exhibition "ESA - European Space Agency" was on show from 15-06-2000 to 01-10-2000.