Nationality English and American Fields Mathematics | Role Mathematician Name Keith Devlin | |
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Institutions Stanford University, King's 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 Education University of Bristol, King's College London Books Introduction to Mathemat, The Language of Mathe, The Math Gene, The Millennium Problems, The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci | ||
Doctoral advisor Frederick Rowbottom | ||
5. How Did Human Beings Acquire the Ability to do Math?
Keith J. Devlin (born 16 March 1947) is a British mathematician and popular science writer. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States. He has dual American-British citizenship.
Contents
- 5 How Did Human Beings Acquire the Ability to do Math
- 1 general overview and the development of numbers
- Biography
- Research publications
- Awards
- References
1 general overview and the development of numbers
Biography
Devlin earned a BSc (Special) in Mathematics at King's College London in 1968, and a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Bristol in 1971 under the supervision of Frederick Rowbottom. He is co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford University's Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute, 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."
As of 2012, he is the author of 34 books and over 80 research articles. Several of his books are aimed at an audience of the general public.
Research publications
