We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with the emergence of writing, about five to six thousand years ago. However, a new study challenges this assumption looking at floral ...

Plantlike designs on pottery made almost 8,000 years ago may be the earliest evidence yet of mathematical thinking. Many of the flower decorations painted on pottery by an ancient culture in northern ...

It’s wild to think that a math puzzle from the 1200s is now helping power AI, encryption, and the digital world we live in. Every November 23, math lovers celebrate Fibonacci Day, a nod to the ...

The absence of modern-day calculators did not stop ancient cultures from performing extraordinary feats of mathematics. The ancient Greeks kept count with abaci, frames with rods or grooves for moving ...

Andrea Breard, professor of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) in Erlangen, Germany, speaks at the International Symposium on Young Sinologists and Mutual Learning Among ...

This story is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference in our community, reported by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more here. Some of the same items the Mayans would have used ...