“The team used algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics used to describe the properties of objects and spaces regardless of how they change shape. They found that groups of neurons connect into ‘cliques’, and that the…

Jess Brooks in Science and Innovation

Apr 18, 2018

“The Invention of Zero: How Ancient Mesopotamia Created the Mathematical Concept of Nought and Ancient India Gave It Symbolic Form”

“a concept first invented (or perhaps discovered) in pre-Arab Sumer, modern-day Iraq, and later given…

Jess Brooks in Science and Innovation

Mar 27, 2018

“The Thesis That Everyone In My Family Is Talking About, When I Bring It Up”

“Respected research math is dominated by men of a certain attitude. Even allowing for individual variation, there is still a tendency towards an oppressive atmosphere, which is carefully maintained…

Jess Brooks in Science and Innovation

Oct 24, 2017

“The brain performs feats of math to make sense of the world”

“The researchers found that our brains can accurately track the likelihood of several different explanations for what we see around us. They traced these abilities to a region of the brain located just behind our eyes known…