Mathematics is the cornerstone of science, technology, and money. It comprises branches like Calculus and Algebra, ...

But primes are often considered the building blocks of mathematics, and math itself is the scaffolding that supports ...

Is there an infinity of infinities? The question sounds almost absurd, like a child’s riddle meant to twist your brain into ...

Einstein's 1917 paper, "Cosmological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity," applied general relativity to the universe as a whole, establishing a firmer basis for cosmology. To create a ...

John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his ...

Michel Talagrand of France has credited a brush with blindness for leading to the work that resulted in his recognition by the math equivalent of the Nobel Prize. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang has ...

Why did Ramanujan’s formulae stay relevant for a century? His set of 17 expressions offered huge speed. They gave long digit ...

"The appearance of such structures sheds new light on the sorts of mathematical objects that nature is built from." Scientists have made the most accurate predictions yet of the elusive space-time ...

There weren’t calculators or computers in medieval Europe. But there were math duels. Mathematicians would gather in public squares and pose tricky math problems to each other. Then they raced to ...

Like the artist, the scientist is a lover of nature. Just as the artist is restricted only by his imagination and his facility with his chisel or brush, the scientist is restricted only by his ...

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