For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...
Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...
A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...
Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical ...
Students aren’t necessarily missing the math, they’re missing how to make sense of the problem itself. Once we see ...
Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.