In the next chapter of Fun & Games we return to the book One hundred problems in elementary Mathematics, by the Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus (1887-1972). So today we will dedicate this entry to continue […]
The Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges was intensely attracted by certain mathematical ideas, especially those that are most disturbing to common sense. His stories are populated by books with infinite pages, and books between whose […]
Although it is now a long time ago, Máximo Pradera was famous at the turn of the millennium as co-host, together with Fernando Schwartz, of the TV show Lo+Plus. The two of them made a […]
What have the founders of evolutionary theory got to do with two great German mathematicians? Apparently nothing, but wait until you read the letter from one of Dedekind’s nephews written in 1887. The story of […]
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