Mathematicians and computer scientists made big progress in number theory, graph theory, machine learning and quantum computing, even as they reexamined our fundamental understanding of mathematics and neural networks.
About the author
Bill Andrews joined Quanta Magazine as senior editor in 2019. Previously, he spent seven years at Discover, where he led the magazine's award-winning math, space and physics coverage. He has also worked at Astronomy magazine and the Mayo Clinic. He received his bachelor's degree in science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his master's in journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
