At the end of the 18th century mathematics was concerned primarily with explaining the concrete, observable realities of the world. The grand mathematicians of the time were men like Jean le Rond ...

To Richard Brown, however, math can be as beautiful as a ray of morning sunlight cast upon an orchid's petals, as lyrical as a Beethoven symphony."Math is not about the numbers," says Brown, director ...

We picked some of the most remarkable mathematicians whose work continues to help shape our modern world, sometimes hundreds of years after their death. Enjoy! Isaac Newton (1642-1727) ...