Corrected: This story has been updated to reflect Ralph Pantozzi’s full statement. Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Kent Place School. It is located in Summit, N.J ...

For more than 30 years, calculus has been seen as the pinnacle of high school math—essential for careers in the hard sciences, and an explicit or unspoken prerequisite for top-tier colleges. But now, ...

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There’s a certain four letter word that strikes great fear into the hearts of many people: math. It has a reputation for being a subject of the elite — a terrible, confusing, jumbled mess of illogical ...

James Stewart was an unlikely literary sensation. The Canadian mathematician made a multimillion-dollar fortune by writing calculus textbooks for universities and high schools. Last year alone he sold ...