Alfred Nobel's prestigious awards honor many fields but notably exclude mathematics. This has sparked curiosity for years.

ALEXANDER GROTHENDIECK in 1965. (Photo courtesy of Images Des Mathematiques) The tiny village of Lasserre is tucked into one of France's southernmost hills, a hamlet of stone buildings strong in the ...

WWE legend Kevin Nash has talked about a potential matchup between The Rock and John Cena before the latter hangs up his ...

In a transformative donation, the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has received a gift from the Aso O. Tavitian Foundation of 331 works of art. The fact that the Imperial War Museum ...

Avinash Dixit, John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University, is John Nash's colleague and friend. He has taught economics courses on games of strategy, and written ...

The political backdrop to John Nash's paranoid and geopolitical hauntings included the Cold War, fought not only with spies and bombers stationed abroad, but by FBI agents, demagogue senators, and ...

TORONTO - A new biography of Canadian comedy legend John Candy delves into the private battles he faced away from the cameras. According to close friend and fellow “SCTV” alum Dave Thomas, those ...

THE GAME: The Washington football team (3-1 overall, 0-1 Big Ten) makes its first-ever trip to face Maryland (4-0, 1-0) this Saturday at SECU Stadium. The game is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 ...

John Whitmore is remembered as the pioneer of surfing in South Africa, a man whose influence shaped the sport for generations. Author Miles Masterson has captured Whitmore’s life in the self-published ...

Much of the action in Netflix's show The Diplomat revolves around Winfield House, the U.S. ambassador to the UK's residence in London. In the first episode of the first season, Ambassador Kate Wyler ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and ...