You may know today, June 28, as Tau Day, a celebration of the number 2π, which some people believe to be the superior circle constant. I prefer to observe the most mathematically perfect day of the ...

A few weeks back, I began this blog with a piece about the “7 Stupid Things Believed by Bad Companies”. I must have struck a nerve, because the essay was quickly picked up – notably by uber-blogger ...

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As a high school student in the mid-1990s, Pace Nielsen encountered a mathematical question that he’s still struggling with to this day. But he doesn’t feel bad: The problem that captivated him, ...

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Don Larsen, David Wells, David Cone and Domingo German. The 30-year-old etched himself into Yankees and baseball history and joined an exclusive club on Wednesday night at Oakland-Alameda County ...

It seems an unlikely pairing. One was the most prominent mathematician of antiquity, best known for his treatise on geometry, the Elements. The other was the most prolific mathematician in history, ...

T. 79, Fasc. 4, As Razões do Coração: Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) no 400.º Aniversário do seu Nascimento / The Reasons of the Heart: Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) on the 400th Anniversary of His Birth (2023 ...

The Perfect Couple continues to make a good impression, more than a month after it premiered on Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the miniseries starring Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber ...

After dominating streaming for most of the summer, Prison Break has finally been dethroned at the top of the Nielsen charts. The official Nielsen numbers for the week of September 2-9 are in, showing ...