Contrary to popular belief, there is not only one way to do a math problem. Developing in isolation, separated from the rest of the world by desert, the ancient Egyptians created a form of math that ...

Reading "Count Like an Egyptian: A Hands-On Introduction to Ancient Mathematics," you get the feeling that David Reimer must be a pretty entertaining teacher. An associate professor of mathematics at ...

This looped and knotted section of cords is not only beautiful, it’s also a 500-year old mathematical tool. “I’d love to know what the deal was with the Incan knot counting system,” commenter Sajanas1 ...