In The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity, mathematician Steven Strogatz provides an entertaining refresher course in math, starting with the most elementary ideas, such as counting ...

Prof. Steven Strogatz, mathematics, researches dynamical systems applied to physics, biology and social science, and also enjoys finding ways to make everyone love and appreciate the role of ...

Strogatz knows that math is America's worst subject, and tied to anxious memories in many people's minds. At Cornell, he teaches math for non-math majors — an exercise in pushing buttons, he says.

The tendency to synchronize is one of the most mysterious and pervasive drives in all of nature—from fireflies flashing in unison along the tidal rivers of Malaysia to the moon spinning in orbit ...

When Strogatz sat down with host Ophira Eisenberg at The World Science Festival, he challenged the assumption that in a world of computers and calculators, we don't need to know math. "But then the ...

Mathematician Dr. Steven Strogatz breaks down the history of the math concept and brings it full circle to recent science. As we celebrate Pi Day, mathematician Steven Strogatz talks about how the ...