Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

Breakthroughs in physics sometimes require an assist from the field of mathematics—and vice versa. In 1912, Albert Einstein, then a 33-year-old theoretical physicist at the Eidgenössische Technische ...

Mathematicians continue to calculate, solve, and create on chalkboards, even in the digital age. A photographer captures samples of their work. Ideas explored on chalkboards—and erased and explored ...