Mathematics

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Math Goes to the Movies ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2010) — Whether it's an exploding fireball in "Star Wars: Episode 3," a swirl...

Math finds code in ancient Scottish symbols In the northern British Isles, the Celtic tribes known as the Picts coexisted for centuries alo...

Algebra in Wonderland SINCE “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was published, in 1865, scholars have noted how its characters are based on ...

Professor Predicts Baseball Winners ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2010) — With pitchers and catchers having recently reported to spring training,...

Leaf Veins Inspire New Model for Mathematical Distribution Networks S cienceDaily (Mar. 3, 2010) — A straight line may be the shortest path...

Physicist Writes a Better Formula to Predict Baseball Success ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2010) — Kerry Whisnant, Iowa State University physic...

Music has its own Geometry The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pyth...

Creativity in mathematics Mathematicians have always felt a strong creative aspect in their subject, but only in recent years has the flowe...

Mystery of the golden ratio The Egyptians supposedly used it to guide the construction the Pyramids. The architecture of ancient Athens is t...

Math proffessor working on new ways to see through the human body T hanks to medical imaging techniques such as X-ray CT, ultrasound imaging...

Have a symmetrical object named after you WildAboutMath by Sol- I became a big fan of Marcus du Sautoy when I read his books Symmetry, and M...

Are primates' brains wired for math? Like a lot of humans, monkeys might not be able to do calculus. But a new study shows that they can...

200-year-old Encrypted Letter Finally Deciphered The mathematician who deciphered the final, encrypted page of a letter sent to President Th...

Simple Math Yields Intricate Visual Patterns Polynomials, the meat and potatoes of high-school algebra, are foundational to many aspects of ...

Do Computers Understand Art? ScienceDaily (Dec. 25, 2009) — A team of researchers has shown that some mathematical algorithms provide clues...

Are Computers Blinding Our Perception? ...Computers have become an extension of us: that is a commonplace now. But in an important way we ma...

Math Goes Viral in the Classroom With the West Nile Virus ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2009) — At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus clas...

Are Our Brains Constantly Making Subconscious Calculations? Our brain is wired to perform calculations that let us judge how far away an obj...

Baby brains are hard-wired for math Experiment indicates that infants recognize apparent errors in subtraction. Next time someone complains ...