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For 44 years, no one could prove this conjecture.
farms

2017 Was Full of Problems, Here Are Some That Got Solved

Athletic hijabs, cancer cures, magic glasses, and more.
Natasha Frost December 22, 2017
Einstein Equation.
Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden’s Wall Formulae

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.
You are here, somewhere.
film

A Short Eames Film Shows Our Place in the Universe

Made in 1977, Powers of Ten explores the world, both from great heights and microscopically close.
Ashawnta Jackson November 13, 2017
Langley researcher Elton W. Miller in Langley's Propeller Research Tunnel, 1927.
space exploration

100 Years of Rocketry and Research at NASA’s Langley Facility

See pioneering mathematicians, giant wind tunnels powered by submarine engines, and hypersonic rocket models.
Anika Burgess October 20, 2017
The Bakhshali manuscript.
science

Found: The Oldest Example of the Symbol for 'Zero'

A manuscript full of nothings dates back to the 3rd or 4th century.
Sarah Laskow September 14, 2017
science

Simple Rules for Making Giant Geometrical Stars

The math behind the magic.
Sarah Laskow August 22, 2017
This Babylonian diagram, <em>Imago Mundi</em>, is thought to be one of the oldest maps of the world, dating to the sixth century B.C.
science

How to Predict an Eclipse Without a Computer

Some methods are easier than others.
Natasha Frost August 14, 2017
Faraday's lab.
London, England

Michael Faraday's Laboratory

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.
Göttingen, Germany

The Göttingen Collection of Mathematical Models

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.
Plaque on George Boole house
Cork, Ireland

Boole House

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.
<em>Equal Areas, Their Triangular Square Root and Pi</em>, by Crockett Johnson
paintings

The Artful Precision of the Creator of 'Harold and the Purple Crayon'

After a long career as a cartoonist and illustrator, Crockett Johnson spent his final decade painting mathematical equations.
Eric Grundhauser June 16, 2017
This is pie, a food.
mathematics

A 'Pi Enthusiast' Calculated 9 Trillion More Pi Digits

They're, functionally, pretty useless, though.
Erik Shilling March 14, 2017
Puget Sound from the sky.
maps

Why It's Impossible to Know a Coastline's True Length

Measuring around bodies of water is a mathematically impossible task.
Cara Giaimo October 7, 2016
victorian

The Strange Victorian Computer That Generated Latin Verse

Called the Eureka, it may have influenced Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.
Amanda Kolson Hurley September 23, 2016
Escherian geometry
Giessen, Germany

Mathematikum

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.
Snel's Grave - he died in 1626
Leiden, Netherlands

Willebrord Snellius' Grave

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.
Mathematician Cliff Pickover named the eerie sequence of digits Belphegor’s Prime, after a demon of ingenious inventions.
mathematics

How a Mathematician Turned an Obscure Number Into a Scary Story

Beware the prime Number of the Beast.
Eric Grundhauser October 18, 2022
mathematics

The Strangely Perplexing Problem of Communicating Numbers Out Loud

Eight-six-seven-five-three-oh...something.
Uri Bram August 2, 2016