SPEARFISH - The next Black Hills State University Geek Speak lecture will explore types of dance that have deep mathematical properties. Dan May, assistant professor of mathematics, presents ...

Junior Geek of the Month recognizes exceptionally geeky members of the Pacific Northwest community ages 12 – 20. See the Junior Geek of the Month archive for more. by Kurt Schlosser on Jun 25, 2020 at ...

Wow. I apologize for the delay in getting a new Geek Playlist out. Between Thanksgiving, deadlines, and a trip to New York, things have been hectic. But fear not - it has returned! For those of you ...

Here’s a philosophical question for you: was math invented or was it discovered? Granite Geek David Brooks has been thinking about this question, and will lead leading a discussion after tomorrow ...

The American Mathematical Society recently published a study (Cross-Cultural Analysis of Students with Exceptional Talent in Mathematical Problem Solving) that finds evidence to disprove the widely ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Hello! My name is Rosemarie, and I am the new writer for this Mama, Ph.D. column. Before I begin, I ...

There's a simple way to tell if your kid is a math geek and likely to have the potential to go on to a lucrative career as a software engineer. It comes around maybe fourth or fifth grade when they ...

A movement is afoot among some mathematicians in academia to make the switch from expensive, closed-source calculation software to free, open-source alternatives. In a recent opinion piece, posted in ...

"Mathematics is the gate and key of the sciences. …Neglect of mathematics works injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or the things of this world." ...

Imagine an aeronautics engineer designing a state-of-the-art jumbo jet. In order for it to fly, the engineer has to rely on the same aerodynamics equation devised by physicists 150 years ago, which is ...

NEW YORK — It's not every day that a gala event is devoted to the celebration of math, but that's exactly what happened Tuesday night (Oct. 14), when actor Alan Alda and mathematician Steve Strogatz ...