Dr Joseph Needham (1900-1995) was a brilliant British biochemist who had obtained a doctorate from Cambridge University in 1925, specializing in embryology and morphogenesis. Later, Dr. Needham developed an interest in China, and after visiting that country several times, he wrote his mammoth book Science and Civilization in China in 24 volumes (see Simon Winchester’s […]
On the 25th of November 2019, UNESCO proclaimed March 14 as the International Day of Mathematics. Why and how? It would have been too much to expect such an institution to spontaneously recognize the impact of mathematics on our planet. Of course, such a decision required the mobilization of the mathematical community. In fact, a […]
Two mathematicians who showed how an underappreciated branch of the field could be employed to solve important problems share this year’s Abel Prize, the mathematics equivalent of a Nobel. The Abel Prize for 2020 goes to Hillel Furstenberg, 84, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Gregory Margulis, 74, of Yale University. Both are retired […]
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