Although Dr. Grigori Perelman's refusal of the prestigious Millennium Prize for mathematics--and its million-dollar purse--was met with shock in the media this past March, it was not without ...

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) ...

Fibonacci: The Man Behind The Math In 1202 Leonardo da Pisa (aka Fibonacci) ... Despite his lasting impact on the modern world, da Pisa is not exactly a household name.

The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity. By Steven Strogatz This article ...