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

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

Their programs were not principally drill-and-kill exercises, but extended to mathematics, English composition, geography, history, and music — piano, violin, and choral programs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Using only these assumptions, the team showed that the resulting mathematics naturally reproduced the defining characteristics of string theory, including its famous spectrum of particle masses and spins.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Worst of all, if you wantonly divide by zero, you can destroy the entire foundation of logic and mathematics.

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