Isaac Newton did not just invent calculus and rewrite physics, he also tried to calculate the end of the world with the same cool confidence he brought to falling apples and planetary orbits. In ...

Meet the math professor whose algorithm helped make our digital world possible. Meet the math professor whose work helped make our digital world possible. Duke University mathematics professor Ingrid ...

The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, Italy, his office at the International School for Advanced ...

In a weekend in the spring of 2025, a clandestine mathematical conclave convened. Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, ...