Stories by Ananyo Bhattacharya

Ananyo Bhattacharya is chief science writer at the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences and author ofThe Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann (W.W. Norton, 2023).

A conceptual artistic representation of the Langlands Program made from a grid of triangles with swirling lines and arrows that merge to form solid shapes to convey the converging of different branches of mathematics

MathematicsJuly 21, 2025

Breakthrough Proof Brings Mathematics Closer to a Grand Unified Theory after More Than 50 Years of Work

The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore

Ananyo Bhattacharya, Nature magazine