... thousand years, mathematicians have now proved that ... The 4th century mathematician Pappus was one of ... weeks ago, when mathematician Thomas Hales of the ... when Hungarian mathematician L. Fejes Toth used ... the best. But as mathematicians observed, ...

... practices. For decades the planning department has used the Euclidian zoning method (named for Euclid, Ohio, not the Greek mathematician), which focuses on land use. According to city planner Donald Anthony, focusing solely on land use misses the point ...

... in the U.S. Senate. The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields. Cross to attend ...

... alert our financial titans that they were parading off a cliff. Devised by the quants (Wall Street's name for the gifted mathematicians it employed), the models factored in an immense number of variables, including market behavior going back a quarter ...

... appearance of the second new moon after the winter solstice in late January or early February. The ancient calendar is a mathematician's delight, but it did not originally include the animals. Seemingly intended to create order out of chaos by marking ...

... Friday for Rwanda as part of a plan to help the genocide-wrecked nation rebuild itself by educating a new generation of mathematicians, scientists, engineers, and computer specialists. The delegation, led by Charles Donaldson, vice chancellor at UALR ...

... really did. The market dictates that newspapers pay on average $3-$5 a week for the column, and it doesn't take a mathematician to figure out how difficult that can make things. The Amish Cook is the "little column that could." It's defied the ...

... both died. In 1831, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, died in New York City. In 1862, English mathematician and clergyman Charles L. Dodgson ("Lewis Carroll") began devising the story of "Alice in Wonderland" for his young ...

... days. Miss Tennessee Rachel Smith was crowned Miss USA at the pageant in Los Angeles. Thought for Today: "A conscience which has been bought once will be bought twice." Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (1894-1964).

... shrine's golden dome was destroyed in a bombing. Thought for Today: "Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness." Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher (1872-1970).