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Growing up, Jordan Ellenberg didn’t much like geometry. “As a kid I was very interested in math but I was drawn to the more algebraic and numerical side,” said Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at ...

This striking, luminously illustrated compendium from artist Nabil collects Palestinian folklore from Jerusalem’s Old City. The tales, many of them first-person encounters with Continue reading » ...

Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg answers the internet's burning questions about geometry. How are new shapes still being discovered? Where are we using Pythagorean theorem in real life? How many holes ...

Noah Giansiracusa says that his new book, “Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life” (Riverhead), was inspired by many sources. One was fellow mathematician Jordan Ellenberg ...

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