geometry

Archytas of Tarentum, who was born around the year 435 BC in what is now Taranto, Apulia, Italy, was another in a long line of brilliant polymaths from Ancient Greece, a noted military general and strategist who also made...

Euclid has been a monumental figure in the field of mathematics for centuries. His name echoes through time and history,  and he became one of the most recognizable mathematicians of ancient Greece. Known primarily for his seminal work, The Elements,...

Apollonius of Perga (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Περγαῖος) who lived from 240 BC to c. 190 BC, was a brilliant ancient Greek mathematician, geometer and astronomer known for his work on conic sections. He was born in Perga, an ancient Greek city...

American students have proven the famous theorem of the great ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras in an "impossible" way.

A tapestry depicting Raphael's masterpiece "the School of Athens" is once again adorning Plenary Hall in the French Assembly.

Eudoxus, born in Cnidus, Asia Minor, was one of the most important scholars of ancient Greece. He was a great mathematician who helped in the development of geometry and the first scholar to ever connect it with other sciences such...