In classrooms across India, mathematics has often been synonymous with formulas, problem sets, and exams. But the University Grants Commission (UGC) is now looking to change that narrative. Its draft ...

How did the complexity of the Delian problem, an ancient Greek mathematical riddle that baffled brilliant minds, reshape our understanding?

On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

There is one thing that ancient Greeks, Renaissance artists, a 17th century astronomer, and 21st century architects all have in common—they all used the golden mean, otherwise known as the golden ...

Aryabhata (476 CE–550 CE) stands as one of the most prominent figures in the history of mathematics and astronomy. His groundbreaking contributions, particularly through his seminal work, the ...

The focus on Indian knowledge systems in the UGC’s proposed mathematics curriculum is better suited to other disciplines such as astronomy and religious studies. The University Grants Commission’s ...

You’d be hard pressed to escape school without having to learn some kind of geometry. In the history of ideas and popular imagination geometry is associated with the ancient Greeks. Long after ...