Comfortably Numb3d by Numb3rs

‘Mathematics is the gate and key of the sciences. Neglect of mathematics works injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or the things of this world’ (R. Bacon, 1266, Opus Majus).Comfortably Numb3d by Numb3rs is the continuation and valorization of Numb3d by Numb3rs, a 3D tour where the 3 'D's are Digits (mathematics), Dice (probability), and Data (statistics and data science). The main objectives of Comfortably Numb3d by Numb3rs are:1. keeping Numb3d by Numb3rs open in Lugano (Cadro) until June 20232. add contents related to the numbers/data generated by the coronavirus pandemic to enhance awareness and understanding3. add a station related to the concept of Population pyramids 4. translate Numb3d by Numb3rs in English and German to increase its visibility5. create the instructions to clone Numb3d by Numb3rs in other Cantons or Countries.The main motivations are:1. the success of Numb3d by Numb3rs among students, teachers, families and in general also adult visitors,2. the requests to show the exhibit to a not Italian speaking public that I have received from the Swiss Statistical Society and from The Federation of the European National Statistical Societies,3. the coronavirus pandemic that has further stressed the importance of data literacy,4. the fact that I recently wrote a successful book on the “coronadata” pandemic (La pandemia dei dati. Ecco il vaccino. Mondadori 2020) and have extensively done research related to Covid-19 that I would like to disseminate more widely among the general public. The book is the Winner of the 6th edition of “The Amerigo Four Freedoms Award” and of the “Italian National Popular Science Award 2021” for the STEM category.If Bacon’s words were true at the time, they are even truer today: the “corona data” have proved this even more clearly and showed the central role played by mathematics, probability and statistics in our society and in the life of every individual.