Mathematician

Family of mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh alleges hospital kept them waiting for ambulance; Twitterati slams Nitish Kumar govt

Family of the renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh who passed away at a hospital in Patna on Thursday after a prolonged illness has alleged that they were kept waiting by hospital authorities for an ambulance to take his body home

Research by 19th century scientist helps in discovery of new type of light wave

Dyakonov-Voigt waves, diminish as they move away from the interface and travel only in a single direction.

Persian mathematician Omar Khayyam’s 971st birthday celebrated in Google Doodle

Khayyam has some important contributions in the field of mathematics, literature, and astronomy.

Super 30 first posters released on Teacher's Day; Hrithik Roshan gears up to take on the system through education

Super 30 is scheduled to release on 25 January, 2019.

Prakash Jha may direct biopic on mathematician who is said to have challenged Einstein’s theory of relativity

Prakash Jha's biopic will be based on the life of Dr Vashishtha Narayan Singh, who despite an illustrious life, languished in poverty

Iran's Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman mathematician to win coveted Fields Medal, dies at 40 of cancer

In 2014, Mirzakhani won the Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematics, which is awarded by the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Iran media mourns death of mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, run front page pictures without hijab

In some cases newspapers even broke with tradition and portrayed Mirzakhani without her hair covered by a hijab.

Google Doodle commemorates 'father of information theory' Claude Shannon on his 100th birthday

Today's Google Doodle honours the 'father of information theory' - Claude Shannon.

John Nash was an intellectual powerhouse: Narendra Modi condoles demise of Nobel laureate

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of acclaimed mathematician John Nash, saying the "intellectual powerhouse" will be remembered forever.

Mathematician John Nash, famously portrayed in film 'A Beautiful Mind', dies in car crash

Mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner who inspired the movie "A Beautiful Mind," was killed in an auto accident along with his wife in New Jersey.