The [Math Sorcerer] loves books. His latest acquisition is the famous Real and Complex Analysis, which is a very stout math book. How stout? Well, there are several chapters on holomorphic functions, ...

There is no shortage of popular books and lectures on math—but they can only teach us so much. Mathematics has long been presented as a sanctuary from confusion and doubt, a place to go in search of ...

OF late years a very remarkable change has been made in the theory of elementary geometry, the general effect of which has been to make it more abstract, and to reduce a great deal of it to the ...

Math is at play in every sphere of our lives, from recipes to internet security to the electoral college. But that reality can be hard to convey through the drills, static numbers and strict rules ...

THE appearance of these two little books shows that practical teachers have not yet agreed upon the best method of teaching elementary geometry. That this should be so is by no means a matter for ...