mathematics

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Speaking of stamina and dedication: Mr. Elwes himself narrates the “Huge Numbers” audiobook, and does so with the precision patter of a Brit who received a first-class-honors mathematics degree from Oxford.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Zvezda Stankova, a teaching professor in the Berkeley mathematics department who is one of the letter’s lead organizers, said the impetus to publicly speak out came in part from her own classrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

If you think writing out a math calculation with pen and paper is enough to create consciousness, you have far more faith in mathematics than I do.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

The mathematics also requires the strings to exist in at least 10 dimensions rather than the four dimensions humans experience.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

A black hole is a zero in the equations of general relativity; the energy of the vacuum is a zero in the mathematics of quantum theory.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife