Shortly before he disembarked for France to fight in the British Army during the First World War, Lewis failed his “fearsome” qualifying examination in algebra to continue his studies at Oxford. “He ...

Are you smarter than a prospective University of Oxford math student? Have a look at a tough problem from the Oxford application and see how you do. As an elite global university, Oxford has been ...

Prestigious Oxford University in Britain extended exam times in a bid to improve women’s scores, reports said Monday. Students taking math and computer science tests in the summer of 2017 were given ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Internet games can boost children's interest in mathematics, says a footballing Oxford University professor who plays wearing the prime number 17 and uses dance to prove ...

Re “Algebra in Wonderland” (Op-Ed, March 7): To account for the enduring fascination of “Alice in Wonderland” through Lewis Carroll’s life as an Oxford mathematics lecturer, Melanie Bayley posits that ...

Ruth Lawrence was only 10 years old when she became the youngest person ever admitted to Oxford University in 1981. Home-schooled by her domineering father in the field of mathematics since age five, ...

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