What does the word 'infinity' mean? The word infinity is derived from the Latin word "infinite", which means infinity and has no limit or end. As a result, infinity has become a popular and very ...

While the concept of infinity may seem mysterious, mathematicians have developed processes to reason the strange properties of infinity. Mathematician Emily Riehl has been challenged to explain ...

Douglas Hine wrote a wonderful piece at Aeon Magazine Thursday on information and its purpose: Information is perhaps the rawest material in the process out of which we arrive at meaning: an ...

When mathematician Georg Cantor first glimpsed the true nature of infinity, it changed mathematics forever. He demonstrated that infinity isn’t just endless; it exists in different sizes, each opening ...

The following is an excerpt from Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics, by Eugenia Cheng Mathematics can be thought of as many things: a language, a tool, a game. It might ...

Infinity. It goes on forever. We know it exists, but we can't measure it. A young girl, Marina, taught me this in her Bat Mitzvah speech. She spoke about how each action we do can inspire people in ...