mathematics
Masters of the Universe
Hartosh Singh Bal
The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but it’s time to ask what is—as India hosts its first ever Fields Medal ceremony, and that too, without any fanfare.
Million Dollar Men
Earlier this year, an eccentric Russian mathematician turned down $1,000,000 for solving one of seven Millennium Prize Problems. Now, an Indian has laid claim to another.
The Fraud of Vedic Maths
Those who seriously still think ancient India had devised a parallel mathematical system need to acquaint themselves with an inventive Shankaracharya called Bharti Krishna Tirthaji.
A Kick in the Right Direction
For those blowing the vuvuzela for Paul the Oracle, this book on popular maths should make you feel stupid.
Seeing through Maths
Equations that claimed to predict human behaviour are blamed for Wall Street’s destruction. Increasingly, it seems, there is something naïve about maths
Mathematics and the Mob
A new movie on an extraordinary figure from antiquity focuses on a female mathematician
Bertrand Russell Superstar
The 1950 Nobel Laureate for Literature finds his true home in a Greek comic book that details the quest for the very foundation of maths
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