What does the word 'infinity' mean? The word infinity is derived from the Latin word "infinite", which means infinity and has no limit or end. As a result, infinity has become a popular and very ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: December 3, 1616, 401 years ago today -- a big day for mathematics ... a very, VERY big day. For that day saw the birth in England of John Wallis, the ...

The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity. By Steven Strogatz This article, ...

The following is an excerpt from Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics, by Eugenia Cheng Mathematics can be thought of as many things: a language, a tool, a game. It might ...