Imagine an aeronautics engineer designing a state-of-the-art jumbo jet. In order for it to fly, the engineer has to rely on the same aerodynamics equation devised by physicists 150 years ago, which is ...

Junior Geek of the Month recognizes exceptionally geeky members of the Pacific Northwest community ages 12 – 20. See the Junior Geek of the Month archive for more. by Kurt Schlosser on Jun 25, 2020 at ...

Wow. I apologize for the delay in getting a new Geek Playlist out. Between Thanksgiving, deadlines, and a trip to New York, things have been hectic. But fear not - it has returned! For those of you ...

The American Mathematical Society recently published a study (Cross-Cultural Analysis of Students with Exceptional Talent in Mathematical Problem Solving) that finds evidence to disprove the widely ...

There's a simple way to tell if your kid is a math geek and likely to have the potential to go on to a lucrative career as a software engineer. It comes around maybe fourth or fifth grade when they ...

Here’s a philosophical question for you: was math invented or was it discovered? Granite Geek David Brooks has been thinking about this question, and will lead leading a discussion after tomorrow ...

Pi is an irrational number%2C meaning its decimal representation does not end It%27s the most recognized mathematical equation in the world The shortened equation is 3.14159 If mathematics is the ...

Google “Pi Day” and you’ll get 127 million hits in a third of a second, with topics including private investigators, the Philippine Islands, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet and personal injury, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The other day Patrick Vennebush of the blog ...