Math

The chair of the mathematics department at Diné College talks about what the Pythagorean Theorem intersects with his identity as a Navajo

Some numerical oddities fall out of this anniversary of the only person to win Nobel prizes in two separate scientific fields

Not getting a flu shot could endanger more than just one’s own health, herd immunity calculations show   

“They did the math, they did the monster math…”

A Towering Mathematical Activity from Science Buddies

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

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 answer is subjective, but the underlying math is not

Dusa McDuff explains why she loves the nonsqueezing theorem—and what vegetable she'd pair it with

From the peacock tail and the eyespots of a butterfly, to the evolving camouflage of the chameleon, nature loves patterns

Quantum cryptography may be the leading edge of encryption, but many criminals and terrorists use centuries-old ciphers

There’s more to the circle than meets the π