Explore the etymology of Greek numbers, their origins, meaning, and their influence on mathematics and ancient Greek culture.

Two lost books by Apollonius, the ancient Greek mathematician known as "The Great Geometer," have survived in an Arabic ...

Apparently the tradition of great engineers not having college degrees goes back 2500 years. Harvard classics researcher Mark Schiefsky has shown that many great technical innovations of antiquity, ...

March 14 — a day you’re more likely than most others to eat — or throw — a pie and get a reduced price on your pizza. It’s all in celebration of pi (Greek letter π), the mathematical constant and ...

When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...