The discovery earlier this year of the “hat” tile marked the culmination of hundreds of years of work into tiles and their symmetries. Every day we see examples of repeating motifs. This symmetry and ...

The History of Mathematics Research Group studies the origins and development of mathematical ideas and methods from the beginnings of recorded history—in all societies and cultures. Research in this ...

The symbols we use every day have fascinating and surprisingly recent origins, explains author Joseph Mazur in his new book A few years ago friends and I were talking about the origins of written ...

Curatorial Records / Series 4: DIVISION OF MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER HISTORY RECORDS. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY ORGANIZATION AND INDIVIDUAL, CIRCA 1966-1974, AND UNDATED. / Box 24 ...