Pictures from Pi Day now added » This coming Saturday is “Pi Day of the Century”. The date 3/14/15 in month/day/year format is like the first digits of π=3.1415… And at 9:26:53.589… it�...
One of the most popular queries on Wolfram|Alpha is for definite integrals. So we’re especially excited to announce that Step-by-step solutions for these are now available! The general method ...
Every four years for more than a century there’s been an International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) held somewhere in the world. In 1900 it was where David Hilbert announced his famous coll...
https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2014/08/12/computational-knowledge-and-the-future-of-pure-mathematics/
It’s that time of year—the torrential downpour of spring showers is paving the way for leafy trees and blooming flowers. While some may love getting caught in the rain, many of us are looking...
https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2014/05/15/make-it-rainin-wolframalpha/
Every year, members of some of the biggest and most influential mathematics associations get together to dedicate the month of April to math awareness. The initiative was set in motion in 1986 by...
Today is the birthday of two famous physicists, though that is not how they are commonly remembered. The first is Leonardo da Vinci, who would turn 562 today. He is best remembered as an artist, ...
https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2014/04/15/the-physics-of-da-vinci-and-euler/
Last week the weather here was pretty bizarre. Overnight, it went from 66°F and outdoor soccer matches to 28°F and a blanket of snow and ice. You know what else is pretty bizarre? Some of the t...
https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2014/03/19/inquiring-minds-want-to-know-some-pretty-strange-queries/
Whether math is your favorite subject or the bane of your existence, we can think of at least one day on which you might look forward to math class. Every March 14, many teachers take it upon the...
https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2014/03/14/a-piece-of-pi-with-wolframalpha/
The start of the XXII Olympic Winter Games means one thing for me: at least six hours a day of watching people ski down treacherous slopes, do crazy 720-degree spins with their snowboards, and pe...
We are happy to announce the Mathematica Summer Camp 2014! This camp, for advanced high school students entering grades 11 or 12, will be held at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts July...
https://blog.wolframalpha.com/2014/02/10/registration-is-open-for-mathematica-summer-camp-2014/