Katherine Johnson of Hidden Figures Fame Dies at 101
The pioneering NASA mathematician overcame racial barriers to help humans reach the moon
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Computation in Service of Poetry
An algorithm calculates powers of 2 from a classical Sanskrit math text
The Theorem That Made a Mathematician
Sometimes unimportant math can change your life
Forget Meters and Feet
There’s only one truly basic unit of length for earthlings
An Introduction to the Collected Works of Frederick D. Funkle
His body of work is broad but unnervingly shallow
Mars Rover Obstacle Course
A space science activity from Science Buddies
Once More, With Turning
The Gauss-Bonnet theorem is a mathematical favorite
2 Continues Its Reign as the Smallest Known Prime Number
Large prime numbers get a lot of attention, but this tiny work horse deserves some love, too
Traffic Cameras Show Why the Yankees Should Suffer Fewer Injuries in 2020
The 2019 New York Yankees’ record number of injuries led to a change in training staff that will almost certainly correlate with, but not necessarily cause, a lower injury rate this coming season...
Color-Changing Fibers Unravel a Knotty Mystery
Mathematicians are devising new techniques to better predict how to tie strong knots that are useful in climbing and sailing
The Mathematics of Opt Art
In his new book, Robert Bosch explains the optimization tools he uses to create intricate and playful images
The Math Reading Challenge 2020
Here are 12 prompts to help you find mathematics-related books for the coming year...
The Bayes Appreciation Society
Sophie Carr shares her love for a fundamental theorem about probability
Eight Degrees North
How a change of latitude changed my perspective
The Surprising Link between Recreational Math and Undecidability
The Fibonacci numbers and Hilbert’s 10th problem
The Ditherer’s Mean
How to calculate an average if you’re indecisive ...
A Mathematical Companion for Your Year
My page-a-day calendar will keep your math itch scratched
Self-Referential Podcasting
When your episode about theorems demonstrates a theorem...
Is Inequality Inevitable?
Wealth naturally trickles up in free-market economies, model suggests
It’s Factoradical!
How to write numbers in a whole new way
