A question from his granddaughter sparked Ed Scheinerman's new book, 'A Guide to Infinity', where he shows that infinity ...

Paradoxes arise when logical reasoning produces conclusions that appear impossible or contradictory. Some of the most famous examples have puzzled thinkers for centuries. The classic liar paradox ...

Mathematics often feels straightforward, yet some results challenge the way people instinctively think about numbers. Certain paradoxes and probability problems produce answers that seem impossible at ...

Mathematician Sarah Hart has always loved to read — and she argues literature and math are fundamentally intertwined. She ...

Celebrate Pi Day and read all about how this number pops up across math and science on our special Pi Day page. Grab something circular, like a cup, measure the distance around the circle, and divide ...

Mathematics Department convinced famous YouTuber to speak on campus and enthralled a full house with visualizations of ...

Infinity invites resistance. Aristotle rejected the existence of the infinite entirely; to him, infinity was simply a limit that could never be reached, not a true mathematical entity. In the early ...

From high school classrooms to the most heated corners of the Internet, few mathematical concepts generate as much debate and ...

Math is everywhere — and if you look closely, it's key to uncovering an enthralling perspective on literature, says mathematician Sarah Hart. "The universe is full of underlying structure, pattern, ...

Infinity has come to the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong. The result of a collaboration with internationally renowned sculptor ...

How do bees everywhere know how to construct their hives with rows and rows of perfect hexagons?Why do snail shells, ...