Pretty much everyone. But it doesn’t have to be that way, two mathematicians contend.
-The New York Times, June 17, 2021
Who's Afraid of Big Numbers?→
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That Vexing Math Equation? Here’s an Addition→
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The confusion (likely intentional) boiled down to a discrepancy between the math rules used in grade school and in high school.
-The New York Times, August 5, 2019
The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet→
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Sometimes BODMAS is just PEMDAS by another name. And no, the answer is not 100.
- The New York Times, August 2, 2019
Pi Day: How One Irrational Number Made Us Modern→
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The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity.
- The New York Times, March 14, 2019
One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine→
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The stunning success of AlphaZero, a deep-learning algorithm, heralds a new age of insight—one that, for humans, may not last long.
- The New York Times, December 26, 2018
Visualizing Vastness→
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Shrinking the solar system down to size
- The New York Times, October 15, 2012
Dangerous Intersection→
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Catastrophe theory, sleep, and the economy
- The New York Times, October 8, 2012
It’s My Birthday Too, Yeah→
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The day Johnny Carson met the birthday problem
- The New York Times, October 1, 2012
Proportion Control→
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The myth and math of the golden ratio
- The New York Times, September 24, 2012
Friends You Can Count On→
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Why your friends have more friends than you do
- The New York Times, September 17, 2012
Singular Sensations→
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Cowlicks, fingerprints, and index theory
- The New York Times, September 10, 2012
The Hilbert Hotel→
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An exploration of infinity as this math series, not being infinite, comes to an end
- The New York Times, May 9, 2010
Einstein's boyhood proof of the Pythagorean theorem foreshadows the scientist he later became.
- The New Yorker
November 19, 2015