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

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

When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...