After retiring from the Baltimore Ravens, John Urschel said he looked forward to being known as "that mathematician who used to play football."

Uncover the latest and most impactful research in Mathematics in Popular Science. Explore pioneering discoveries, insightful ideas and new methods from leading researchers in the field.

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Researchers, psychologists, and educators have spent years trying to decipher the riddle of nature vs. nurture, and when the topic is male and female students’ abilities in math and science, the arguing never stops. Girls’ seeming loss of interest in ...

The goal of the mathematics program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has three aspects. First, students learn basic material, such as linear algebra, differential equations, and statistics, that are needed to successfully attack a wide range of ...

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