Earlier today I set you these four Venn diagram teasers: 1) For each of the regions marked A to D below, think of a fraction that could belong in it, or say that it is impossible. (Each circle ...

British mathematician John Venn (pictured above, click to enlarge) was born on August 4, 1834, so tomorrow will mark the 187th anniversary of his birth in Hull, England. John Venn is most known for ...

As the culture of the diagram in science is magnificently wide in breadth and scope, for this post, I will concentrate on a few related examples in physics and one from mathematics. For part II, I ...

Monday's Google Doodle reminds us that it's the 180th anniversary of the birth of John Venn, the English logician whose simple drawing of overlapping circles became a trademark tool of the social ...

John Venn – the British logician who around 1880 devised the ‘Venn diagram’ – celebrates his 185th birthday this week. His idea, a brilliantly simple visual aid to understanding logical relations, is ...

British mathematician John Venn (pictured above, click to enlarge) was born on August 4, 1834, so last Thursday marked the 188th anniversary of his birth in Hull, England. John Venn is most known for ...

Thinking diagrammatically as a way of conceptualizing our world has been in existence from the moment the first cave-person picked up a soft ‘rock’ and started making markings on the walls of his/her ...