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”.
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…
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.
The Mathematics of Ted Kaczynski Before terrorist Theodore John Kaczynski (1942-) began sending mail-bombs to faculty members at various American universities, he had a promising career in mathematics.
The Absent-Minded Father of Cybernetics, Norbert Wiener American mathematician Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) was by all accounts, a very peculiar man. After graduating from high school at 11 years old, he entered Tufts College and within three years was awarded an A.B. in mathematics.
When Wiener met Einstein (1925) Mathematician and later father of cybernetics Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) crossed paths with many great minds in his life, from Bertrand Russell and G.H. Hardy, to Max Born, John F. Nash Jr. and John von Neumann.