IN a recent number of NATURE (June 30) there appeared a review of a book by G. Mannoury on the philosophy of mathematics, and the reviewer emphasised a statement of the author to the effect that the ...

The oldest example of applied geometry has been discovered on a 3,700-year-old clay tablet featuring maths attributed to Pythagoras 1,000 years later. The tablet, known as Si.427 was discovered in the ...

INSPIRED BY the film “Hearts and Hands,” mathematics teacher Theda Mayer and her Long Reach High School students decided to create a sampler quilt as a hands-on way to learn about history, geometry ...

Description: Incidence geometry in planes and space, separation in planes and space, angular measure, neutral geometry, history of the parallel postulate, Euclidean geometry of the plane and space, ...

According to an article posted on huffingtonpost.com, "Known for their rugged, dome-like design, geodesic homes were invented by American architect R. Buckminster Fuller, who, according to the ...

Protestors on college campuses may see signs pointing them to "free speech zones." Those types of cordoned off areas, meant to contain students' political speech, will soon be illegal on Colorado ...