My long career as an air pollution meteorologist largely consisted of mathematical modeling of the impact of industrial air contaminants on surrounding communities. Much of my practice included ...

The single most famous weather forecast in British history is also one of the worst. In October 1987, a meteorologist working for the British Broadcasting Corporation reassured a concerned viewer that ...

Ian Stewart is a prolific writer of books about mathematics. His latest volume attempts to put mathematical thinking at the centre of biology. The Mathematics of Life is framed around five revolutions ...

Complex mathematical models are helping researchers understand cancer's evolution and providing clues on how to thwart drug resistance. Einstein once called pure mathematics “the poetry of logical ...