I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

Studying the mathematical accomplishments of ancient India and Japan uncovers a fascinating history of innovation and ...

A study shines a light on the remarkable arithmetic skills that young people acquire outside formal schooling. Education must ...

Over centuries, mathematicians have amassed an array of symbols—from arrows and crosses to shapes derived from letters—to ...

A Chinese national team head coach talks on the triumphs and recent travails of the popular mathematics competition in China.

His two early papers “What Numbers Could Not Be” (1965) and “Mathematical Truth” (1973) became instant classics. The second ...

Democratic professors outnumber their Republican counterparts by a ratio of about 4 to 1 in math and engineering departments, ...

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed on February 11, aims to promote gender equality in STEM fields.

Big media companies like Amazon, Disney and Warner might be cautious about the looming merger of ad titans Omnicom and Interpublic ...

found a new way to solve a math problem that’s thousands of years old. All three are among the guests at this year’s Black History Month Luncheon, one of the most anticipated events on the University ...

NOW that Europeans are becoming acquainted with the history of mathematics in Japan, it is possible for them to form a kind of general opinion about the work of Japanese mathematicians.

Mountain View High School Math Teacher Elliot Beck believes everyone can be a math person and he tries to show that to his students each day when they walk into his classroom.