To fully grasp and appreciate the subject, we need to look at the famous mathematicians who shaped math as we know it today, paving the way for modern engineering, technology, astronomy ...

His greatest contributions were in the realm ... While many of the mathematicians on this list made contributions to a huge number of different fields of math, John Napier created one incredibly ...

Prime numbers, the “atoms of arithmetic,” have captivated mathematicians for centuries. These numbers, divisible only by themselves and one, appear deceptively random yet hide intricate patterns.

Most of the items in the Smithsonian collections that relate to women mathematicians are connected with pioneering women who joined the growing American mathematical community before World War II.