It may look like a flower, but this is actually a new Venn diagram-- one that for the first time manages to represent 11 sets of data. Venn diagrams are a simple and elegant way to represent the ...

A new rose has blossomed in the garden of mathematics: a flowery Venn diagram for 11 sets of objects. Venn diagrams use overlapping circles to show all possible relationships between sets. But ...

Most of us know Venn diagrams as something virgins use to tell married men they can’t possibly have sex because TV tells them so. But they’re actually mathematical tools. The idea behind a Venn ...

If you think Venn diagrams are just a bunch of interlocking circles, think again. Pushing this iconic branch of mathematics to its limits reveals just how varied – and beautiful – these ...

Sarah B. Bush, Karen S. Karp, Tova Lentz and Jennifer Nadler Teaching Children Mathematics (TCM) is an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is intended as a resource ...

One of my favorite quick blogs to read is Indexed, done by Jessica Hagy. Venn diagrams being one of my favorite things ever, this blog captured my attention and my heart instantly. And now most ...

Monday's Google Doodle reminds us that it's the 180th anniversary of the birth of John Venn, the English logician whose simple drawing of overlapping circles became a trademark tool of the social ...