This article first appeared on the Atlantic Council site. Two years after the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) seized Raqqa and a number of areas in Syria, it successfully asserted itself and its ...

It’s a complaint many algebra teachers are familiar with, as more letters and symbols are introduced with progressively harder courses in mathematics. But why did the plus symbol emerge as the ...

Before the 16th century, most math equations were written as metered verse. Thank god for graphic-design-inclined mathematicians. The study of mathematics has existed since ancient times.