Archive for History of Exact Sciences, Vol. 67, No. 5 (September 2013), pp. 477-551 (75 pages) The analysis of unpublished manuscripts and of the published textbook on mechanics written between about ...

At the height of Europe’s Enlightenment, one man illuminated mathematics like never before — even as darkness claimed his sight. Leonhard Euler unified entire branches of science through logic, ...

When Frederick the Great was crowned King of Prussia in 1740 he immediately revived the Berlin Academy of Sciences and invited scholars from throughout Europe to Berlin. The most luminous of these was ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Even the best and most prolific of mathematicians have had to do homework assignments. Famed Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) was no exception. Euler was only 14 years old when he was ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Leonhard Euler is honoured by a Google doodle for his contribution to math and the world beyond it, including Sudoku and Newton's second law You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

Mathematicians have been mystified by ocean waves for centuries. But new research could be a very large step in the wave prediction world.

The prolific Euler, pronounced ‘Oiler’, developed many of the notations mathematicians still use today, while also making discoveries in fields from infinitesimal calculus to graph theory. He is the ...