Back in 5th-century Alexandria, Hypatia stood as a symbol of knowledge. She is the earliest-known female philosopher and mathematician who challenged rising religious extremism. Her intellect and ...

Greek philosopher Plato's code has been broken, according to a historian who is a faculty member at the University of ...

The computer in question was the Analytical Engine designed by mathematician, philosopher and inventor Charles Babbage. Lovelace had met Babbage when she was introduced to London society.

MOST of us make use of mathematical ideas and processes to some extent, and many of us have wondered from time to time what these ideas and processes really were. What is the meaning of function ...

The mathematician and philosopher James Franklin is a leader of the “Sydney School,” which has developed an account of mathematics that he sets out in An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics ...

“Mathematics and theatre have both been passions in my life, and this is a wonderful way of fusing the two as this is a play about ideas of free will, Hindu philosophy, the Bhagavad Gita, and ...

Understanding the often-overlooked links between math and literature can enhance your appreciation of both.

He made profound contributions to the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. The Reinhardt Lecture, which is co-sponsored by the Reinhardt Fund and the Department of Philosophy, brings a leading ...

Daniel Mahler, 58, of Austin, Texas died of natural causes Thursday, October 5, 2023. Daniel was a mathematician, philosopher, and computer scientist for thirty-three years. He graduated from ...

Prof. Emeritus Howard Stein, a renowned philosopher and historian of physics at the University of Chicago, died March 8 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 95. A trained philosopher and mathematician, ...