Quantum theory and general relativity have long described the universe with incompatible languages, one speaking in ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics and gravitation. The world of tiny particles is ...

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

Complex numbers are created when you add a real number and an imaginary number (like “i”). These numbers are used throughout ...

John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his ...

In the end, the Universe becomes a place where gravity and quantum physics slowly turn all mass into faint streams of particles.

To alumnus Gal Weitz (EngrPhys, ApMath’22), Boulder was a “dream destination” for undergrad. Now working in quantitative finance, Weitz shares how his education at CU Boulder set him up for success in ...

TU Wien researchers have uncovered a quantum twist to the paths particles take through spacetime — one that could finally ...

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