This quality of incredibility is particularly true of paradoxes in probability—a field of mathematics especially rich in paradoxes. Consider the paradox of birthdays. What would you estimate to ...

If the skies are clear, the domes will be open so participants can view the night skies through Kopernik’s telescopes before ...

Russell's Paradox and its resolution in modern axiomatic set theory show how our understanding of mathematics evolves and is refined over time. We often start with some intuitive idea of how ...

How the Birthday Paradox can be used to explain a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. Produced by Sara Silverstein. Follow BI Video: On Facebook ...

Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematics textbook and to be appointed to a university chair in math, yet her life was marked by paradox. Though brilliant, rich and famous, she eventually ...