Our brains are not hard-wired for math, but mathematical concepts are often taught as if they are self-evident.

Once a tenured professor at the University of Sheffield in England, Dr. Cheng resigned in 2016 and has since taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and written several popular ...

Numbers and algorithms aren’t just useful to mathematician Eugenia Cheng -- they’re exhilarating. That’s why she’s on a mission to help transform math’s notoriously boring reputation in ...