"One of my favorite things is talking with someone who wandered in and isn’t quite sure what they’re looking at. I’ll hand them a piece of cheese or salami they’ve ...

Where does the sense of "I" actually come from? There isn't a room in your brain labeled "I" where someone sits and does the thinking. Why does the sensation of "I am here" emerge from a place where ...

M.C. Escher was one of those rare artists to become a pop cultural icon. His most emblematic works are instantly recognizable, and continue to beguile new fans with their startlingly original, ...

Escher’s paradoxical geometries and impossible gravities may baffle the mind – yet even his wildest works were never just fanciful, as this fun and gripping show makes clear We think we know the world ...

Last week I explained how a then 25-year-old logician, Kurt Gödel, overturned a basic assumption of many mathematicians in the early 20th century. Even as experts were building a seemingly firm ...

My friends and colleagues often ask me to help with number-related questions. After all, I know a lot about math. Ironically, I'm actually quite bad at mental arithmetic. What many people don't ...

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At 25, Kurt Gödel proved there can never be a mathematical “theory of everything.” Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores the implications. In 1931, by turning logic on itself, Kurt Gödel proved a pair ...

Kurt Gödel, the man who ruined mathematics, was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. He was born in 1906, smack-bang in the middle of the greatest crisis that maths has ever known.

A Paris exhibition is drawing attention to the role played by traditional Islamic art in the visual puzzles of Dutch artist M. C. Escher, writes David Tresilian Even people not knowledgeable about ...

Manchester-headquartered digital engineering company Godel Technologies has appointed Joe Wolski as chief technology officer to lead its technology and AI strategy. The appointment reflects the ...