1+ mon, 14+ hour ago   (1532+ words) Ada Zejun Shen/Quanta Magazine At the quantum scale, tiny particles behave in bizarre ways. One reason for this is the uncertainty principle, which says that the more you know about where a quantum particle is, the less you can…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1113+ words) Hong Wang, pictured here working on a new article at the Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (IHES) in France, is just the third woman to receive a Fields Medal in the award’s 90-year history. No error was found, the proof’s…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1563+ words) John Pardon is known to his colleagues and students as quiet but insightful. As one formerstudent put it, “You really have to go fishing for his knowledge.” Several eminent mathematicians tell different versions of the same story about John Pardon....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1807+ words) From an early age, Jacob Tsimerman showed great mathematical promise. “My mom told me, ‘You don’t have to be a mathematician just because you’re good at it,’” he said. “I didn’t really take her seriously.” Jacob Tsimerman knows that many…...