“Why bring together two fields that seem to many people so very disparate" What could mathematics and poetry share, except that the mention of either one is sometimes enough to bring an uneasy chill ...

People like to position maths as cold, hard logic, quite distinct from creative pursuits. Actually, maths often involves a great deal of creativity. As mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya wrote, “It is ...

Breard's interest in Chinese scientific history was ignited by Chinese Mathematics: A Concise History, a book that chronicles China's mathematical developments over 2,000 years. Then a student of math ...