Before there were apps for tablets and smartphones, before mathematics education software was easily installed on personal computers, before electronic calculators entered professional practice and ...

While some (math-phobics) still may relish the simple beauty and non-threatening functionality of the abacus, there are those who have made the transition to more challenging computing gadgets—many ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Stanford University is hosting an exhibit on the 350 ...

WHENEVER a particular type of calculation is to be repeated frequently, the use of slide rules, nomograms or graphs eliminates a major part of the time required. This is frequently the case in ...

MESSRS. J. J. GRIFFIN AND SONS, LTD., of Kingsway, London, have sent examples of two slide-rules which they are introducing at a very low price—the longer one, which is 25 cm. in length, at 2s., and ...

You may remember that I collect slide rules. If you don’t, it probably doesn’t surprise you. I have a large number of what I think of as normal slide rules. I also have the less common circular and ...