Ancient Origins

First Known Maya Mathematician's Name Decoded After 1,200 Years

The ancient Maya are renowned for their mathematical mastery as calendar creators, pioneering astronomers, and pyramid ...

Meet Abraham de Moivre: Mathematician who calculated his own death based on his sleep pattern and was proven right

Abraham de Moivre, a prominent figure in French mathematics, is best known for his contributions to probability theory. An ...

Archaeologists decipher the name of a Maya astronomer for the first time

Archaeologists exploring the Maya ruins of Xultun in Guatemala have, for the first time, deciphered the name of an ancient ...
New Scientist

Maya mathematician’s name decoded alongside astronomical formula

Hieroglyphs on the wall of a Maya building record calculations concerning the orbits of Earth, Mars and Venus, as well as the ...
The Art Newspaper

Name of ancient Maya astronomer-mathematician deciphered for the first time

Discovered alongside unique formulas for the movements of the sun and planets, the attribution proves the importance of such ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mathematician Who Made Sense of the Universe’s Randomness Wins Math’s Top Prize

Michel Talagrand is the 27th recipient of the Abel Prize, which was first awarded in 2003. Peter Badge / Typos1 / Abel Prize 2024 The 2024 Abel Prize—the mathematics world’s Nobel Prize equivalent—has ...
Wired

The Mathematician Who Will Make You Fall in Love With Numbers

Math conferences don’t usually feature standing ovations, but Francis Su received one last month in Atlanta. Su, a mathematician at Harvey Mudd College in California and the outgoing president of the ...
Slate

What Is It Like to Be a Mathematician?

Mathematician Edward Frenkel of the University of California–Berkeley wants to expose the beauty of mathematics, inspire awe at its power, and challenge his colleagues to wield it for good. His new ...