Though generations of schoolchildren have cursed arithmetic, the world was a much more inconvenient place without it. Before the advent of modern arithmetic in the 13th century, basic calculations ...

We all know Múinteoir John loves maths! He is mad for the numbers. But do you who loves maths even more than Múinteoir John? Nature! Yes, that's right, Nature loves maths! Now that sounds like a ...

Scholars highlight India’s foundational contributions to mathematics, including zero, sine functions, Pythagoras’ theorem and the fibonacci sequence, documented in ancient manuscripts long before ...

Expert team from the Italian Council of Research will explain how the Italian mathematician revolutionised western culture through numbers Roberto Natalini, scientific advisor at the Italian Council ...

Christophe Golé is Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Smith College and co-author of ‘Do Plants Know Math?’ Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke , he discusses plants — and their number ...

Artists and poets have long been inspired by the mathematical patterns found in nature—for instance, the remarkable fact that a sunflower's seeds follow the Fibonacci sequence. But there are myriad ...

The sweet and sour tropical fruit, the pineapple, also has the Fibonacci sequence hidden within it. The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers named after the Italian mathematician Leonardo ...