Keith Devlin

Keith J. Devlin

Keith Devlin (2011)
Born East Hull, England
Nationality English and American
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Stanford University, Kings College London, University of Bristol, University of Manchester, University of Aberdeen, University of Oslo, University of Heidelberg, University of Bonn, University of Toronto, University of Lancaster, Colby College, St. Mary's College of California
Alma mater Kings College London, University of Bristol
Doctoral advisor Frederick Rowbottom[1]

Keith J. Devlin is a British mathematician and popular science writer. He has lived in the USA since 1987 and has dual American-British citizenship.

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Biography

Devlin earned a B.Sc. (Special) in Mathematics at Kings College London and a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Bristol under the supervision of Frederick Rowbottom.[1] He is co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford University's Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute (H-STAR), a co-founder of Stanford Media X university-industry research partnership program, and a Senior Researcher in the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI). He is a commentator on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday, where he is known as "The Math Guy."[2]

As of 2011, he is the author of 31 books and over 80 research articles.[3] Several of his books are aimed at an audience of the general public, as opposed to much academic work.

His recent research work has focused on the development of new tools and protocols to assist intelligence analysis and the development and use of videogames in mathematics education.

Devlin is also creator of the concept "soft mathematics," introduced in the final chapter of his book Goodbye, Descartes.

His website at Stanford and his professional website profkeithdevlin.com provide extensive up-to-date information.

Research publications

List of books

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Devlin, K. (1973). "Some weak versions of large cardinal axioms". Annals of Mathematical Logic 5 (4): 291–325. doi:10.1016/0003-4843(73)90010-7.  edit
  2. ^ Archive of The Math Guy series from NPR's Weekend Edition accessed 2007-11-09
  3. ^ http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/
  4. ^ Keith Devlin at Stanford University
  5. ^ "Sagan Prize Recipients". wonderfest.org. 2011 [last update]. http://wonderfest.org/sagan-prize/sagan-prize-recipients/. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
  6. ^ Stanford Report—2 November 2005

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