In his new book, In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World, Ian Stewart recounts one of the worst jokes in the history of science. You can develop your own setup from first ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- As a high schooler, John Estep loved math. When classes were shortened by 10 minutes on Fridays, the Naches Valley High School alumnus hated it because math was one of the classes cut ...

Beware of those naysayers – most hardly know what bitcoin is, and most who comment say it is just nerdy math. But, it is math the universe is made from. Have a look at a sunflower or a pinecone. All ...

There is a lot more to math than just equations on a chalkboard. It is a very useful set of tools for tackling problems in many different fields. Math tactics affect our environment in ways that most ...

Almost everything seems polarizing nowadays, but math education stands out as one of those rare nonpolitical topics on which everyone seems to have a strong opinion. Those of us who went to school in ...