Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

What does the subject you likely found most difficult in high school have to do with preventing about 887,000 deaths annually from viral infection? A lot, actually, because math — that frustratingly ...

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In A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities, published in 1814, Pierre-Simon Laplace introduced a notorious hypothetical creature: a “vast intelligence” that knew the complete physical state of the ...

Today’s post continues a series highlighting ways teachers can help students see how math and science are relevant to their lives. Emily Burrell has taught high school mathematics for 23 years. For ...

The world is full of recurring patterns based on math. Math teacher Eddie Woo explains why human beings are naturally drawn to patterns and how we can use math to engage with our complex world. A ...

This press release originally appeared online. As AI becomes more widespread in education, more than half of high school students (56 percent) polled think it can go a long way in reducing math ...

Step outside the classroom to enrich your math experience! Visit the Department, contact your student associations to find out what they can offer you, and know about the different resources available ...