Around 1900 B.C., a student in the Sumerian city of Nippur, in what’s now Iraq, copied a multiplication table onto a clay tablet. Some 4,000 years later, that schoolwork survives, as do the student’s ...

This page provides an overview of the remarkable work of Scott W. Williams, PhD, Emeritus Professor, UB Mathematics. Dr. Williams joined our faculty in 1971, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Feb. 16 and Feb. 17 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV JOURNEYS OF BLACK MATHEMATICIANS is a two-part series that traces the cultural evolution of Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ranthony A.C. Edmonds, an ascending postdoctoral researcher in mathematics at Ohio State University, helps middle schoolers Monday ...

This documentary series tells the rich history and compelling stories of contemporary Black mathematicians, and portrays their struggles and accomplishments. This series showcases the significant ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known for less ...

When Oakland filmmaker George Csicsery announced he would make a documentary about Black mathematicians, he frequently was asked: "Are there any?" That question alone justifies the project, says the ...

From Aryabhata’s concept of zero and Euclid’s geometryto the principles that later powered modern computer science, mathematics has been shaped by thinkers across eras. This particular list focuses on ...