The lost works of an ancient Greek mathematician, Apollonius, have been discovered by scientists. Apollonius of Perga was known as "The Great Geometer," according to a Liberty University publication. ...
These 10 most famous female mathematicians in the 21st century are working on research that will thoroughly change the way we observe not just mathematics, but the world itself. STEM stands for ...
On Friday, billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner announced a new $3 million prize for mathematics known as the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. This is the third such prize that the Valley's ...
Steven G. Krantz,, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, illuminates mathematicians' very human brilliance in his book, Mathematical Apocrypha Redux, his sequel to his ...
A defining memory from my senior year of high school was a nine-hour math exam with just six questions. Six of the top scorers won slots on the U.S. team for the International Math Olympiad (IMO), the ...
This episode traces the role of HBCUs and mentors in growing the community of Black mathematicians. The episode relates stories of prominent African American mathematicians who struggled through ...
The mathematician Richard Hamming said, “If you don’t work on important problems, it’s not likely that you’ll do important work.” In the math world, Hamming was known as a rebel. But unlike Jim Stark, ...