Max Tegmark's Our Mathematical Universe asks some big questions, including the very nature of existence itself--and explains all of them with math, arguing that everything around us is made out of it.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American From her earliest memories, Catherine Good ...

Pure mathematics uses mathematics to explore abstract ideas, mathematics that does not necessarily describe a real physical system. This can include developing the fundamental tools used by ...