mathematics

James Vincent explores how measurement shaped civilization, from Egyptian Nilometers to the metric system. Why do we use base-12 for time and base-10 for distance? The answers reveal how humans invented order from chaos.

Peter L. Bernstein explores the history of risk management from ancient Greeks to modern probability theory and insurance.

David Bessis argues that mathematics is an act of seeing, not memorizing—and that intuition, not formulas, is the true creative work mathematicians do.

A playful clock that displays the current time as mathematical equations you need to solve - because why make telling time easy when you can make it fun?

Exploring how Telugus historically used the decimal system for integers but a base 4 system for fractions, with interactive examples of converting decimal numbers to Telugu base 4 notation.

by David Bessis

Mathematics as an act of seeing—building intuition rather than memorizing.