Welcome to Day 1 of our tour of basic math. If your New Year’s Resolution is to brush up…
Today, the Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York City has its opening ceremony. But that’s not what makes this date really special.…
The British were deep in the throes of the Battle of the Atlantic. In six short months of 1940, German…
Ada Lovelace was probably bound for greatness. The product of the brief marriage between Lord Byron (yes, that Lord Byron) and Anne…
Before beginning this story, a little background. There are two really basic ways to think of calculus: 1. The…
It seems to me that the Greek philosopher and scientist, Archimedes, was like the forgetful scientist. And a few…
While the development of numbers continued for many, many centuries, even before the discovery or invention of zero, the…
Things were moving right along in the invention and use of number systems. The Sumerians started things off sometime during the…
When the world began 4.54 billion years ago, it didn’t come with numbers. They didn’t appear with the dinosaurs…
Was mathematics invented or discovered? (I’ll give you a second or two to really think about that.) Most non-mathematicians…