Greek geometry wasn’t just math—it was an attempt to decode the universe. Its logic still powers rockets, bridges, and every ...

Seattle Mariners— 47-41 +2.0, 44-44 expected, +3 games. Houston Astros— 44-42 -2.0, 47-39 expected, -3 games. In other words, if that ancient Greek mathematician had his way, the Astros would ...

Today, people use complex computing networks to search for prime numbers with millions of digits. But early mathematicians were running these calculations by hand.

T wo lost books by Apollonius, the ancient Greek mathematician known as "The Great Geometer," have survived in an Arabic ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...

A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

Akshay Venkatesh, a mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a winner of the Fields Medal in 2018, isn’t currently interested in using A.I., but he is keen on talking ...

Like the stars or a good personality quiz, numbers can be telling about who we are. Here, two experts answer the question, ...

It’s all in celebration of pi (Greek letter π), the mathematical constant and infinite number whose first three digits are 3.14. On this Pi Day, Daniel Sage, professor and chair of the Department of ...

From Mozart and Dostoyevsky to Jackson Pollock — two books reveal the fundamental and sometimes surprising intertwining of ...