The Cape Town Science Centre is a not-for-profit[1] science centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of a wide range of non-classroom initiatives to improve the quality of science understanding and science literacy in South Africa.
Until early 2010, the MTN Sciencentre was located in the Canal Walk shopping mall.[2] It reopened in Observatory in 2011.[3]
The MTN Sciencentre's Ericsson cell phone is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest working cell phone.[4]
References
- ^ "National Science and Technology Foundation Awards for 2002". saastec.co.za. South African Association of Science and Technology Centres. 13 May 2002. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ "The power of the city lies in science". Cape Argus. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ "New home for Cape science centre". News24. 2 November 2010.
- ^ "Officially the world's largest cellphone". BIZCommunity.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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