The New York Times

The Fascinating Story of Math in a Book You Can Actually Understand

“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women. By Alec Wilkinson Alec Wilkinson is ...
The Conversation

‘Big Bang of Numbers’ – The Conversation’s book club explores how math alone could create the universe with author Manil Suri

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Below is an edited excerpt from the book club discussion. You’re welcome to keep the conversation flowing by adding ...
MIT Technology Review

Bringing the lofty ideas of pure math down to earth

There is no shortage of popular books and lectures on math—but they can only teach us so much. Mathematics has long been presented as a sanctuary from confusion and doubt, a place to go in search of ...
The New York Times

Can Math Be Violent? For 3 Scholars, the Answer Was Yes.

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...