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
Like Water for Money→
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A hydraulic computer that predicts the economy
- The New York Times, June 2, 2009
Loves Me, Loves Me Not (Do the Math)→
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The ups and downs of love affairs
- The New York Times, May 26, 2009
Math and the City→
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Of mice and Manhattan … and power laws
- The New York Times, May 19, 2009
A Journey to Baseball’s Alternate Universe→
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A statistical look at Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak
- The New York Times, March 30, 2008
How the Blackout Came to Life→
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A technological problem with a biological solution
- The New York Times, August 25, 2003
The Real Scientific Hero of 1953→
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Enrico Fermi’s “little discovery”
- The New York Times, March 4, 2003
Einstein's boyhood proof of the Pythagorean theorem foreshadows the scientist he later became.
- The New Yorker
November 19, 2015