A collaboration between a mathematician and an artist-geometer has resulted in some of the most mathematically sophisticated and aesthetically gripping animations ever seen in the field. Their ...

If you're one of those students, current or former, who always wondered why it might be good to learn so much math, there's finally at least one reasonable answer. A couple videos have surfaced online ...

Kids today don't know how good they have it. On August 27, Khan Academy launched Pixar in a Box, the online education platform's newest partner-driven course. Using resources provided by the animation ...

“Team Umizoomi” is a popular animated show for preschoolers airing on Nickelodeon, solving everyday problems using math. Milly, her brother Geo and robot friend Bot work in a team, travelling in Umi ...

“Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you conquer a problem, and reach new heights of understanding.” As we usher in the start of a new school year, ...

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) made us a great gift last week. It announced that a collaboration between a French mathematician and a Belgian artist has resulted in math animations that ...

Nikolai Andreev, head of the Laboratory of Popularization and Propaganda of Mathematics at the Steklov Mathematical Institute. Courtesy of Mathematical Etudes There is someone who leads the way in ...

When Isaac Newton computed pi to 15 decimal places in the 17th century, he wrote, “I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations, having no other business at the time.” The ...