New Scientist

Theorem of everything: The secret that links numbers and shapes

IF JOEY was Chloe’s age when he was twice as old as Zoe was, how many times older will Zoe be when Chloe is twice as old as Joey is now? Or try this one for size. Two farmers inherit a square field ...
Princeton University

Bhargava receives Fields Medal for influential mathematicians under 40

Photo by David Kelly Crow for the Office of Communications Princeton University mathematician Manjul Bhargava was awarded today the 2014 Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics ...
Scientific American

The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution [Excerpt]

Before the 13th century Europeans used Roman numerals to do arithmetic. Leonardo of Pisa, better known today as Fibonacci, is largely responsible for the adoption of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system in ...
Nature

(1) Plane Geometry (2) Elements of Algebra (3) Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers (4) A Text-book, on Practical Mathematics for Advanced ...

(1) MANY attempts are now being made to formulate a system of geometry suitable to the immature minds of schoolboys, which will on one hand develop their reasoning faculties by some kind of logical ...
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 ...