Solving arithmetic problems, even simple subtractions, involves mental representations whose influence remains to be clarified. Visualizing these representations would enable us to better understand ...

(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The colorful artwork on display at the National Museum of Mathematics is geometric and precise. They’ve been described by Wallpaper magazine as “the work of a ...

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The world's oldest known botanical art, from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia around 6000 BCE, hides fascinating ...

Math gets a bad rap in the creative community. To be fair, devotees of facts and figures return the compliment. They push to make S.T.E.M. (science, technology engineering and math) the heart of ...

Dynamical systems are mathematical models in which each point’s movement over time is set by a fixed rule. While these systems have some practical uses, such as tracking wildlife migration patterns or ...

“To survive I had to become creative,” said artist, author, inventor and Holocaust survivor Ivan Moscovich. (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The colorful artwork on display at the National Museum of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Computer programs enable us to create works ...