It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in.

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

Some researchers believe that mathematical patterns found in ancient structures may point to a lost civilization—one that ...

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

Odysseus: In Greek mythology, Odysseus is a character in The Iliad and the main protagonist of The Odyssey. Petros: Rock, ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...

The math behind even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major ...

Guest: William Dalrymple is a historian, curator, broadcaster and critic. He is the author of The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World. Address 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley ...

It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian ...

Ancient sources claim the young Pythagoras traveled extensively, however, there’s a fair bit of debate as to where he went. Some accounts have him traveling to study in Babylonia and Phoenicia but not ...

The University Grants Commission’s draft mathematics curriculum, 2025, unveiled in August, has sparked a debate around its skewed emphasis on ancient knowledge systems over core subjects. Designed for ...