Why do we insist that our god be infinite? Why would being bound in a nutshell world give us bad dreams? Why do we fear the cloister more than the agora? Longing and love have always “the expansion of ...

Math enthusiasts around the world, from college kids to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day on Thursday, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number with many practical ...

Mathematicians are finding inevitable structures in sufficiently large sets of integers. Despite that, Furstenberg’s paper left a lasting imprint on mathematics. His new argument contained a kernel of ...

No one knows for sure when mathematics went from being a functional system for keeping track of sheep to a philosophical system that transcended the objects it counted, but as well-known science ...

LESS can be more in maths, at least when it comes to its history. With a topic that is liable to die in the reader’s hands before they’ve even reached the ancient Babylonians, David Berlinski has ...