This post was co-authored by Gregor U. Hayn-Leichsenring We are used to thinking about people, places, and things as beautiful. A particular combination of sensations evokes the pleasure that ...

My job at BYU is... associate professor of Mechanical Engineering. I will teach you fluid dynamics if you come to my class, or we will make new discoveries about ...

Richard A. Friedman in the Sunday New York Times wonders what it is about math that makes it so elegant and aesthetically appealing. He asks, “Is it the internal logic? The unique mix of simplicity ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Let’s face it: Math can be a polarizing ...

At first glance, the Fibonacci sequence might seem like no more than a bit of mathematical trickery. But look around, and it pops up again and again and again, in computer science and in nature. It’s ...

This post was co-authored by Gregor U. Hayn-Leichsenring We are used to thinking about people, places, and things as beautiful. A particular combination of sensations evokes the pleasure that ...