The SciencesApril 26, 2018
Nalini Joshi's Favorite Theorem
Talking time travel, complex analysis and Burmese food with a mathematician from the University of Sydney
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The SciencesApril 19, 2018
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Moser Spindle
A recent breakthrough in a decades-old graph theory problem relies on this little assembly of seven points and eleven edges
The SciencesApril 12, 2018
Jayadev Athreya's Favorite Theorem
The University of Washington mathematician talks trees, lattices and a plucky constant that seems to show up everywhere
The SciencesApril 1, 2018
Review: Inventing the Mathematician
Sara N. Hottinger’s thoughtful book addresses Western cultural narratives about who does mathematics
The SciencesMarch 27, 2018
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Pseudo-Rhombicuboctahedron
The tortured psyche of a misunderstood solid
The SciencesMarch 22, 2018
Federico Ardila's Favorite Theorem
An audio tour of matroid theory and music
The SciencesMarch 8, 2018
Laura Taalman's Favorite Theorem
The James Madison University mathematician raises a glass to a lavishly impractical theorem about knots
The SciencesMarch 1, 2018
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: SO(3)
Turning and turning in the widening gyre...
The SciencesFebruary 22, 2018
Patrick Honner's Favorite Theorem
The high school math teacher encourages us to savor quadrilaterals at a French café
The SciencesFebruary 19, 2018
From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections (Review)
A review of Gareth Roberts's book From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections
The SciencesFebruary 8, 2018
Candice Price's Favorite Theorem
The University of San Diego mathematician tells us about rational tangles and the frozen treat that pairs best with them
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2018
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Catenoid
A celebration of what may be the most minimalist minimal surface
The SciencesJanuary 25, 2018
Jeanne Clelland's Favorite Theorem
The University of Colorado Boulder math professor tells us how to celebrate the Gauss-Bonnet theorem
The SciencesJanuary 11, 2018
Mohamed Omar's Favorite Theorem
The Harvey Mudd math professor tells us what dessert pairs best with Burnside’s Lemma
The SciencesJanuary 8, 2018
Roots of Unity Turns 5
Happy birthday, dear blog!
The SciencesDecember 31, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Bicylinder
Also known as mouhefanggai or the Steinmetz solid, this shape appeared in the first Chinese explorations of the volume of a sphere
The SciencesDecember 28, 2017
Ami Radunskaya's Favorite Theorem
The Pomona College professor talks about ergodic functions, Steve Reich music and the way her favorite theorem can guide our lives
The SciencesDecember 27, 2017
Do You Know Your ABCs?
The mysterious abc conjecture is once again in the news. What is it?
The SciencesDecember 7, 2017
Justin Curry's Favorite Theorem
The University at Albany mathematician talks about why he just can’t get enough of those Platonic solids
The SciencesNovember 30, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Koch Snowflake
A look at the most festive fractal
The SciencesNovember 30, 2017
Spending a Moment with Émilie Du Châtelet
A portrait of an 18th-century woman mathematician
The SciencesNovember 19, 2017
Bathroom, Mathroom
For World Toilet Day, an appreciation of the most mathematically interesting room in the house
The SciencesNovember 16, 2017
Henry Fowler's Favorite Theorem
The chair of the mathematics department at Diné College talks about what the Pythagorean Theorem intersects with his identity as a Navajo
The SciencesNovember 1, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Loch Ness Monster
“They did the math, they did the monster math…”