The ancient scholar Hippasus of Metapontum was punished with death for his discovery of irrational numbers—or at least that’s the legend. What actually happened in the fifth century B.C.E. is far from ...

Originally defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, pi — written as the Greek letter π — ...

Ever made a wish on the clock at 11:11? Then you might already be familiar with the power of numerology. Numerology is the study of numbers and their mystical meanings, and in this ancient practice, ...