The Poincaré conjecture has been in the news lately. Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman submitted a proof 3 years ago claiming that he had proved the famous conjecture. In August, he won a ...

"I hate math." "I'm flunking math." "Math isn't important for real life." Those are refrains that many parents and math teachers are all-too familiar with. But there's a movement in some math ...