Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections between Mathematics and Literature; by Sarah Hart; Flatiron; 290 pp., $29.99 In Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections between Mathematics and ...

Math is at play in every sphere of our lives, from recipes to internet security to the electoral college. But that reality can be hard to convey through the drills, static numbers and strict rules ...

The premise of Marcus du Sautoy’s Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity is that mathematics and creativitiy spring from the same well — structure. Individual numbers exist without human help.

“Call me Ishmael.” This has to be one of the most famous opening sentences in all of literature, and I’m embarrassed to say that — until quite recently — I didn’t get beyond it. “Moby-Dick” was, for ...

This spirited if inessential debut by Hart, a math professor at the University of London, surveys how math influences the structure, symbolism, and themes of literature. She posits that math and ...

In the opinion piece, “Why Doctoral Programs Should Require Courses on Pedagogy” (The Chronicle, March 16), Benjamin Rifkin, Rebecca S. Natow, Nicholas P. Salter, and Shayla Shorter suggest that ...