Education researchers at Stanford have discovered that symmetry is key to how kids understand positive and negative integers.

Physics + Math Symmetry: How Beautiful Math Makes Elegant Physics By Don Lincoln Thursday, April 25, 2013 The Nature of Reality What does symmetry mean to physicists?

Geometry may be one of the oldest branches of mathematics, but it’s much more than a theoretical subject. It’s part of our everyday lives, says Professor Jennifer Taback, and key to understanding many ...

Tapping the brain's natural ability to perceive symmetry in the physical world can help children make sense of negative numbers.

For decades, generations of Americans took the same basic high school math track. Algebra. Geometry. Algebra 2. Now, school districts across the country are overhauling their approach, combining ...

Several prominent phenomena of condensed matter, exemplified by nonlinear transport, flat-band superconductivity, and fractional Chern insulators, are systematically reviewed with a focus on their ...