By using fractal math to calculate how the branches of trees are depicted in art, researchers can put a number on what makes ...

Sigma has had a busy day. It's unveiled a new visual identity for its brand, alongside announcements of a new mirrorless ...

The need for secret communications arose very early in civilization. It progressed due to the “intellectual arms race” between codemakers and codebreakers, both being linguistic alchemists capable of ...

The etymology of such symbols is, of course, often punctuated by inevitably fuzzy interpretation. In “The Language of Mathematics,” Raúl Rojas gives us a survey, from the Greek cross (for the ...

Statistics is a branch of math that involves the collection, description, analysis, and inference of conclusions from quantitative data. But what is a statistic? Let’s find out. The word statistic is ...

Over centuries, mathematicians have amassed an array of symbols—from arrows and crosses to shapes derived from letters—to represent complex ideas.

This is just one of many untold histories in The Language of Mathematics: The Stories behind the Symbols by author and mathematician Raúl Rojas. In it, Rojas explores the complex, and sometimes ...

Credit: Vesuvius Challenge Scientists have deciphered Greek letters from a Herculaneum scroll that was burned by the explosion of Vesuvius 2,000 years ago. The BBC reports that the document, which ...

Theodoros Kolokotronis, who lived from April 3, 1770 to Feb. 4, 1843, is undoubtedly the ultimate symbol of the Greek War of Independence, which took place from 1821 to 1830. More than any other ...

The front page story in The Daily Reflector on Jan. 11 regarding the Camping World flag quotes Councilman Les Robinson effectively saying the City Council really doesn’t care about the flag or ...

Check the ‘Use Math AutoCorrect rules outside of math regions’ checkbox. Click the Insert tab In the Symbol group, click the Equation button and select insert new equation from the drop-down menu.