When we learn something new, that information does not exist in isolation. It integrates into the complex landscape of our ...

Every December 8 for years, Julia Robinson blew out the candles on her birthday cake and made the same wish: that someday she would know the answer to Hilbert’s 10th problem. Though she worked on the ...

Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being ...

When I tell someone I am a mathematician, one of the most curious common reactions is: “I really liked math class because everything was either right or wrong. There is no ambiguity or doubt.” I ...