Quanta Books is delighted to announce two new upcoming books by mathematician Terence Tao and theoretical physicist David ...

Natural appeal Edward Frenkel's new book looks at the beauty of mathematics such as symmetry. (Courtesy: iStockphoto/MarcelC) Mathematics has been around for thousands of years, and this has given it ...

Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

A significant work in the history of science changed hands last week when the dedication copy of Galileo Galilei's last great work, Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno due nuove scienze ...

Russia places great emphasis on education in subjects such as computer science, mathematics, and physics, and it has been said that many of the top hackers are from Russia. Mathematics and physics ...

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Even in an incomplete state, quantum field theory is the most successful physical theory ever discovered. Nathan Seiberg, one of its leading architects, talks about the gaps in QFT and how ...

The books will invite readers on a tour of transformational ideas that have shaped our modern understanding of the universe.

Some people may have hated their Physics textbooks in schools, but this one just got a lot of love to the tune of over $790,000, or nearly P40 million. According to a report on New Atlas, a dedication ...