"Even the +, −, =, and x signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in ...

At the National Museum of Mathematics, origami helps bridge the gap between art and math and finds the beauty in both. Faye E. Goldman's origami, center, on view at the National Museum of Mathematics ...

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year on December 22 to mark the birth anniversary of India’s legendary mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The day is observed across schools and colleges ...

Jeremiah Bartz owns shares in Nvidia. A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like ...

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

Weird Math sets out to “reveal the strange connections between math and everyday life.” The book fulfills that laudable goal, in part. At times, teenage math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his tutor, ...

Glen Whitney, executive director of the Museum of Mathematics, is a member of the Three Village school board. There was a lot of discussion this summer about the big decline in third- through ...

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year in India on December 22. This day honours the birth anniversary of the legendary Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, who made extraordinary ...