Mathematicians are “reinventing the wheel” by giving it a new shape. Their newly imagined wheel looks like a many-dimensional guitar pick, and it could theoretically roll in ways beyond our ...

A London-based dentist may have cracked a centuries-old mathematics puzzle hidden in one of the most famous anatomical drawings in the world—Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. This discovery suggests ...

Have you ever wondered why the cover of a manhole is nearly always round? Why isn’t it oval or square? Reuleaux curve based on an equilateral triangle. Reuleaux curves based on the pentagon (top) and ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man has invited admiration but also bafflement. With its harmonious symmetry of limbs outstretched in both a square and a circle, the ...

A dentist claims he has cracked the Vitruvian Man (Picture: Getty) It is one of the most famous – and mystifying – drawings in human history. Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man was the attempt by the ...

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