For Nelson Saiers, a great work of art can be one of the most mind-bending and elegant of mathematical equations. In fact, for this math whiz-turned Wall Street trader-turned full-time artist, math ...

With declining U.S. student math scores, our schools would be wise to adopt a new formula that is sure to paint a prettier picture for the country’s STEM rankings. Combining math and art classes may ...

Prints from the portfolio Concinnitas (2014), a collaboration between Dan Rockmore, professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College, and 10 mathematicians and physicists, with publisher Robert Feldman ...

Music and engineering are often considered complementary disciplines, and our industry boasts countless engineers who are musicians, some semi-famous or nearly so. Not so much art and engineering, ...

In this composite photograph, a hidden portrait under the Vincent van Gogh painting ''Patch of Grass'' from 1887, is seen. In this composite photograph, a hidden portrait under the Vincent van Gogh ...

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Every so often, beauty comes up as a topic of ...

Mathematics is beautiful: intellectually elegant, exquisitely austere and pretty. Yes, pretty. Like, pretty to look at. That aesthetic beauty was easy to see at the 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings in ...

For some people, math can be a necessary headache. Yes, algorithms guide countless aspects of daily life. There are tips to calculate and hours to count. But unless someone's a specialist, they'll ...