mathematics

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Before Reed Hastings revolutionized the global entertainment business, he sold Rainbow vacuum cleaners door-to-door during his gap year between high school and Bowdoin College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous: literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics and history.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

It wasn’t until he started to doubt whether he wanted a career in the abstractions of mathematics that he thought of economics as an alternative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

A woman grandmaster - the highest female-only chess title - Zhou was pursuing a degree in economics and mathematics at the University of Toronto at the time.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

“A simple matter of mathematics, Johnny. If the current against you is flowing at—say—ten knots an hour, you have to be making at least eleven knots to move against it.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham