This is an installment of Reading Reddit, a Slate pop-up blog about Reddit. In the beginning, there was 1. Then, there was 2. Soon after that, there was 3, and 4, and ...

The other day, my four-year-old son asked me, point blank: —Dad, can you count to infinity? —No son, you can't, it would take forever. —But what's infinity minus three?" —It's infinity, too. —But how ...

The famous mathematical ratio, estimated to more than 22 trillion digits (and counting), is the perfect symbol for our species’ long effort to tame infinity. By Steven Strogatz This article, ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...