Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo asserted that the universe was open to discovery, but only if one first understood the language in which it was written. The language of discovery, maintained Galileo, ...

Galileo once famously described the universe as a great book “written in mathematical language and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures.” Unfortunately, it’s a language ...

Group work and giving students time to discuss their work helps to build their confidence in using math in science lessons, a new study shows. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...

It’s a complaint many algebra teachers are familiar with, as more letters and symbols are introduced with progressively harder courses in mathematics. But why did the plus symbol emerge as the ...

The quest to make mathematics rigorous has a long and spotty history — one mathematicians can learn from as they push to ...

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science offers major programs leading to the bachelor of science in mathematics or the bachelor of science in computer science, as well as required and ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...