Kronecker
Kronecker, God and the Integers
Natural numbers were created by God, everything else is the work of men — Kronecker (1823–1891).
Biography
Poincaré
Poincaré’s Philosophy of Mathematics
Was his philosophy of mathematics underrated?
Volpin
The Beautiful Consistency of Mathematics — Alexander Yessenin-Volpin
Mathematics is often believed to bring people to madness. We hear many stories like those about Gödel, Cantor, Nash, and Grothendieck, describing geniuses haunted by insanity that is developing along with their mathematics. And there is something to it. A certain psychologist said that A paranoid person is irrationally rational.
Euler
Infinity in Numbers — Leonhard Euler
This is a story about one of the greatest minds in history, and about the mysteries and beauty surrounding his legacy. The story is about Leonhard Euler (1707–1783).
Hardy
G. H. Hardy — Rigorous & Shy
Beauty is the first test: There is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. — GH Hardy in A Mathematician’s Apology
Wald
Survivorship Bias: The Mathematician Who Helped Win WWII
The legend of Abraham Wald
Halley
Transits & Transactions: The Genius of Edmond Halley
In both the scientific and wider community, the name of Edmond Halley is almost exclusively associated with his eponymous comet. This, however, overlooks Halley’s other contributions to the scientific world.
Abel
The Mozart of Mathematics — Niels Henrik Abel
“Although Abel shared with many mathematicians a complete lack of musical talent, I will not sound absurd if I compare his kind of…
Biography
A Titan Among Men, Ron Graham
An Ode to the Beloved Mathematician
Gödel
Kurt Gödel's Brilliant Madness
Hungarian polymath John von Neumann (1903–1957) once wrote that Kurt Gödel was “absolutely irreplaceable” and “in a class by himself”.
Biography
Interview with Mathematician Ken Ono
I recently had the privilege of interviewing Ken Ono, one of the most brilliant Mathematicians in the world. Not only has he made huge…
Grothendieck
The Anarchist Abstractionist — Who was Alexander Grothendieck?
Mathematician Alexander Grothendieck was born in 1928 to anarchist parents who left him to spend the majority of his formative years with foster parents.