They'd be cracking most online-security systems, revolutionizing science and even, in effect, solving the other six of the so-called Millennium Problems, all of which were chosen in the year 2000.

Unsolved Problems of Science A. W. Haslett By. Pp. xi + 317. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1935.) 7s. 6d. net A SERIES of articles in the Morning Post, of which the author is scientific ...

If mathematicians were to resolve computer science’s 'P versus NP' question, the result could be priceless—they’d be cracking most online-security systems, revolutionizing science and even ...

Turbulence has been described as the oldest unsolved problem in physics. The German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg allegedly said on his deathbed, “When I meet God, I am going to ask ...

Science would be better served, he suggests, by focusing on solid state physics or quantum information “where new physics is happening all the time”. Others point to the nature of entanglement and the ...

When computer scientists hang out at cocktail parties, they're apt to chat, among other things, about the single most important unsolved problem in computer science: the question, Does P = NP ...

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When, therefore, I announce as my subject on the present occasion some of the unsolved problems of this universal science, you need not be surprised if I should be somewhat discursive.

Turbulence has been described as the oldest unsolved problem in physics. The German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg allegedly said on his deathbed, “When I meet God, I am going to ask ...

Mathematicians discuss some of the most compelling unsolved problems in the field. Skip to main content. Scientific American. March 10, 2025. 12 min read. ... On supporting science journalism.