Math

A detective activity from Science Buddies

What causes the Moon to change phases throughout the month? Why is it sometimes visible only during the day and other times only at night? What’s the relationship between these times and the Moon’s phases? The answer in all cases is geometry.

What advice do I have for graduate students? Tl;dr: It's okay to get help

Proof rests on a surprising link between infinity size and the complexity of mathematical theories

The University of Wisconsin mathematician loves Fermat's little theorem and knows just the right cheese to pair with it

One eighth equals seven and thirty in this strange base 60 world

A geometry science project from Science Buddies

What’s the point of learning math? Why is it so important that kids are exposed to mathematical thinking? And what do parents and teachers need to know about learning real math? Keep on reading to find out.

How to make parallel lines converge

A mathematician and her collaborators figured out how to predict electrons’ behavior by studying the mathematics of waves  

Separating fact from speculation in math history

Why the University of San Francisco math professor loves the compact surface classification theorem