Largely unknown today, Bourbaki is likely the last mathematician to master nearly all aspects of the field. A consummate collaborator, he made fundamental contributions to important mathematical ...

These 11 greatest mathematicians of all time have made a few of the biggest advancements in human history. Whether you’re good in math or not, one cannot deny the importance of math applications in ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The outmoded gender stereotype that women lack mathematical ability suffered a major blow in 2014, when Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to receive the Fields Medal, math’s ...

From Aryabhata’s concept of zero and Euclid’s geometryto the principles that later powered modern computer science, mathematics has been shaped by thinkers across eras. This particular list focuses on ...

(NEWSER) – UCLA Professor Terence Tao, one of the world's top mathematicians, has just solved a famous problem dating back to the 1930s — and he says it was a comment on his blog earlier this year ...

Terence Tao is often called the “Mozart of Math.” A child prodigy born in Australia, Tao, 50, is now at the top of his field at the University of California at Los Angeles, working in the rarefied ...