It is well-known that Pythagoras’ ancient Greek equation for right triangles: a2+ b2= c2 , is older than ancient Greece. We also know that in Khufu’s pyramid the height equals the radius of a circle ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

According to a widely accepted axiom, people most dread public speaking and math. Buildings are actually a range of mathematical applications, and if you talk about them — voilà! — you are doing ...

Cecil Balmond examines the shapes that define three of the world's iconic structures, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramid. Show more Leading structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond ...