The SciencesOctober 26, 2017
Eriko Hironaka's Favorite Theorem
The math book editor and professor emerita describes the theorem that made her believe she could be a mathematician and the music that pairs best with it
Stories by Evelyn Lamb
Evelyn Lamb is a freelance math and science writer based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The SciencesOctober 18, 2017
Household Chores for Mathematicians
Need a babysitter? Ask a combinatorialist. Baseboards dirty? A number theorist won't mind cleaning them. And other highly scientific recommendations for mathematicians to handle the housework
The SciencesOctober 5, 2017
Dusa McDuff's Favorite Theorem
Dusa McDuff explains why she loves the nonsqueezing theorem—and what vegetable she'd pair it with
The SciencesOctober 1, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The 1-Dimensional Sphere
There’s more to the circle than meets the π
The SciencesSeptember 25, 2017
An Interview with Yours Truly
What advice do I have for graduate students? Tl;dr: It's okay to get help
The SciencesSeptember 14, 2017
Jordan Ellenberg's Favorite Theorem
The University of Wisconsin mathematician loves Fermat's little theorem and knows just the right cheese to pair with it
The SciencesSeptember 12, 2017
The Joy of Sexagesimal Floating-Point Arithmetic
One eighth equals seven and thirty in this strange base 60 world
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Real Projective Plane
How to make parallel lines converge
The SciencesAugust 29, 2017
Don't Fall for Babylonian Trigonometry Hype
Separating fact from speculation in math history
The SciencesAugust 24, 2017
Emille Davie Lawrence's Favorite Theorem
Why the University of San Francisco math professor loves the compact surface classification theorem
The SciencesAugust 3, 2017
Dave Richeson's Favorite Theorem
The Dickinson College math professor tells us about Archimedes and circles
The SciencesJuly 31, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: A 6-Holed Torus
It all starts with a pentagon...
The SciencesJuly 30, 2017
How to Unfold a Pool Table
How billiards in polygons become trajectories on doughnuts
The SciencesJuly 27, 2017
Amie Wilkinson's Favorite Theorem
The University of Chicago mathematician tells us why she loves the fundamental theorem of calculus
The SciencesJuly 27, 2017
Introducing My Favorite Theorem
Meet the newest addition to your math podcast feed
The SciencesJuly 17, 2017
Mathematics World Mourns Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win Fields Medal
The brilliant Stanford professor, killed by breast cancer at 40, worked with shapes unconstrained by the real world
The SciencesJune 30, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Kovalevskaya Top
The mathematical model that should be an amusement park ride
The SciencesJune 29, 2017
Review: Remembering Sofya Kovalevskaya
Michèle Audin’s book about Sofya Kovalevskaya is a fascinating combination of biography, personal reflections, and fictional digressions
The SciencesJune 27, 2017
The Perfection of Imperfection
The mathematical near-miss is "an exact representation of an almost-right answer"
The SciencesJune 12, 2017
For World Tessellation Day, Remember to Look Down
June 17 is World Tessellation Day. Take a moment to look at the beautiful patterns under your feet
The SciencesJune 1, 2017
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Poincaré Homology Sphere
If it quacks like a sphere…
The SciencesMay 31, 2017
That Time Marie Curie Was Just Trying to Get the Electricity Running
Repeat Nobel Winners, they’re just like us!
The SciencesMay 25, 2017
What Does Compactness Really Mean?
It took me a long time to understand the mysterious mathematical property of compactness
MedicineMay 23, 2017
Review: Through the Shadowlands
Julie Rehmeyer’s new memoir is a moving portrait of a person living expansively in the face of setbacks and limitations