Number theorist Andrew Granville on what mathematics really is — and why objectivity is never quite within reach. In 2012, the mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki claimed he had solved the abc conjecture ...
Some scientific discoveries matter because they reveal something new — the double helical structure of DNA, for example, or the existence of black holes. However, some revelations are profound because ...
In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explains how certainty, even in math, can be an illusion. Nonfiction In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski ...