It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value; a profound and important...

There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein.

the Bradman class” denoted the highest kind of excellence: it would include Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Newton, Archimedes, and maybe a dozen others. Well, said Hardy, there had only been two additions in his lifetime. One was...

Until that moment she had not really noticed him. Now she felt as though she’d stubbed her toe on a rock, and looked down to find that it was part of a buried city.

The Dome.” Perfectly round, this room is one continuous curved wall of books. A copper dome sits on top with four stained glass windows fitted tight to allow for natural light to stream in. The...

Immortality” may be a silly word, but probably a mathematician has the best chance of whatever it may mean.

…I’m not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can’t move the world – let alone your heart..

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.