The SciencesAugust 28, 2018
Katherine Johnson, Trailblazing NASA Mathematician, Celebrates 100 Trips around the Sun
The pioneering mathematician overcame barriers of racism and misogyny to help develop U.S. human spaceflight
Math
The SciencesAugust 23, 2018
Holly Krieger's Favorite Theorem
The Cambridge mathematician expounds on the delightful irony of Brouwer's fixed-point theorem
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The SciencesAugust 15, 2018
Math for America's Summer Think
Embracing shared identity, community and a chance to pursue excellence in teaching
The SciencesAugust 9, 2018
Vidit Nanda's Favorite Theorem
Fixed points and pizza
The SciencesAugust 1, 2018
Number-Theory Prodigy among Winners of Most Coveted Prize in Mathematics
The Fields Medals have been awarded to four researchers who work on number theory, geometry and network analysis
The SciencesAugust 1, 2018
Gallery: Beautiful Works of Art Are Generated by Austere Mathematical Rules
Images and sculptures inspired by mathematical principles show off the intense beauty of the discipline
The SciencesAugust 1, 2018
Open Letter to the Fields Medal Committee
Why you should give the award to me
The SciencesAugust 1, 2018
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Bouquet of n Circles
A rose by any other name would be as mathematically useful...
The SciencesJuly 30, 2018
Math and the Beaches of Rio
Stephen Smale and the history of the Fields medal
The SciencesJuly 26, 2018
Ingrid Daubechies's Favorite Theorem
Ingrid Daubechies shares the Tutte embedding theorem and how it can help biologists understand the evolution of teeth
The SciencesJuly 12, 2018
Ken Ribet's Favorite Theorem
The Berkeley math professor shares his favorite prime proofs
BehaviorJuly 2, 2018
People Ration Where They Roam
An analysis of the movement of some 40,000 people suggests most of us frequent only 25 places—and as we sub in new favorites, we drop old ones. Christopher Intagliata reports.