Guided Tour: Silicon – From the Alps to Silicon Valley

Description

What do the Alps and a smartphone have in common? Silicon! Join us on a journey from mountain ranges to the interior of a microchip and discover a chemical element that underpins our real and digital worlds. A tour with Malte Junge, Curator of Earth Sciences at NMBE, and Alexandra Heini, Exhibition Curator of «Chips» at the Museum of Communication.

Highlights

• Guided tour through two museums
• With Malte Junge and Alexandra Heini
• Connection between the Alps and microchips

General Information

The tour "Silicon – From the Alps to Silicon Valley" takes place at the Natural History Museum of the Bernese Citizens' Community. Visitors will learn how silicon plays a central role both in nature and in technology.

Location

Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland

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