Sir, Simon Herring is not alone in having confidence in such notions as divining, numerology and mantras (Letters, November 29). A significant proportion of the UK population puts its trust in ...

Last week, for my Philosophy of Psychology class, I had assigned one of Sigmund Freud's classic case studies, "Fragment of an analysis of a case of hysteria". To make life easier for my students I had ...

Leave the digit the same if the next digit is less than 5 (this is called rounding down) but increase it by 1 if the next digit is 5 or more (this is called rounding up). The rounded value must be a ...

This is self-indulgent in the extreme, but today I'd like to recount two ways in which I've turned to cricket to see if there was a resonance of interest to me with significant numbers in my life.

The discoveries of certain constant numbers have pushed the world forward as much as the the light bulb or the assembly line. These constants have led to bridges being built, finances being accounted ...

NASCAR is a sport of numbers, with 43 drivers racing each week, their cars adorned with brightly colored numbers on the side. They race for 400 or 500 miles — sometimes 600 — for 36 weeks a year, 38 ...

Over the past months, presidential election polls have shown a decisive difference within the way men and women will be voting for candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. As the upcoming election ...

In 2016, Nicholas Kapoor, a professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut, bought a lottery ticket to teach his statistics students about mathematical probability. “I always buy a Powerball ticket ...

For many, 1381 will always be the number of runs Bobby Simpson made in 1964 • Playfair Cricket Monthly Last week, for my Philosophy of Psychology class, I had assigned one of Sigmund Freud's classic ...