The body of knowledge and practice known as mathematics is derived from the contributions of thinkers throughout the ages and across the globe. It gives us a way to understand patterns, to quantify ...

“I am not a math person.” I think many of us can relate to saying or hearing someone utter that single phrase. “I am not good at math,” “I’m bad with numbers,” “I just can’t do algebra”—the list of ...

Alan Veliz-Cuba has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the American Mathematical Society for some of his research. You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an ...