Beginning with simple calculations, such as the number of sheep in a herd, the field of mathematics has developed over time according to people's needs and interests.

In 2014 Mura Yakerson, a college student at the time, decided to practice driving in a quiet area in the countryside near ...

Yakerson is not alone. Several renowned mathematicians gained invaluable experience despite the challenges of incarceration.

The display succeeds in giving people a sense of how mathematics has been taught in various eras of American history, according to one expert in math education and its history.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics offers a scholarship for teachers who want to take courses on the history of math, and make it part of classroom lessons.

Add zero and one to get one, one and one to get two, one and two to get three, two and three to get five. Most of us know ...

Like many of the cultures it studies, the Department of History of Mathematics has had innovative leaders, a golden era and, inevitably, a fall from glory. This year could witness the end of a ...