When Peter J. Lu traveled to Uzbekistan, he had no idea of the mathematical journey that he was about to embark on as well. The Harvard graduate student in physics was fascinated by the beautiful and ...

Did Islamic artisans discover a strange form of geometry half a millennium before pioneering work by one of Britain's most distinguished mathematicians? An intricate archway in the Darb-i Iman shrine ...

Have you ever admired how the slats of a hardwood floor fit together so cleanly, or how the hexagons underneath your bathroom rug perfectly meet up? These are examples of geometric tilings, ...