Math underlies many of the art pieces M.C. Escher created, because he was fascinated with the idea of depicting infinity in various ways, producing infinitely repeatable patterns known as ...

The duo now has big plans to promote Escher’s art. Iaquinta is a chief surgeon at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael, but his love for Escher started as a student at the University of Wisconsin in ...

Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to describe how the way we see branches in nature and art contributes to our recognition of trees. "We've come up with something ...

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Math + art = an exhibit dedicated to the beauty of numbers and patterns. It's called "Intersections: Math, Art, Truth, Humanity." "Which spells out 'math'," said Tracy ...

The math concept hidden in this tree art — geometric shapes known as fractals — is apparent in branching patterns in nature and may be key to humans’ ability to recognize such artwork as ...