In addition to its use in arithmetic and science, the Hindu-Arabic number system is the only genuinely universal language on Earth, apart perhaps for the Windows operating system, which has achieved the near universal adoption of a conceptually and technologically… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
Cardinal arithmetic will be quite important for us, so we spend some time on it. Since, however, it tends to be trivial, we shall not need to spend much of this time on proofs. — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
I saw the first one [video with Hans Rosling ] when he did - I think it was his first one - in 2006,… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
“Arithmetic and number theory study patterns of number and counting. Geometry studies patterns of shape. Calculus allows us to handle patterns of motion. Logic… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent. — Keith Devlin Copy Share
Hans Rosling typically would go into the room, and he would ask the audience questions. Often they had to answer them with clickers or… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
Some of the justifiable critiques has been by - been so successful in telling this story, you know, there's a danger of saying, oh,… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
Though the structures and patterns of mathematics reflect the structure of, and resonate in, the human mind every bit as much as do the… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
I certainly do care about measuring educational results. But what is an 'educational result?' The twinkling eyes of my students, together with their heartfelt… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
In fact, we tend to think things have been getting much worse. In fact, over the last 50 years, almost everything in the world… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
In fact, when you try to use [Hans Rosling] data to predict the future, all sorts of problems arise. But what it does do… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
Outside observers often assume that the more complicted a piece of mathematics is, the more mathematicians admire it. Nothing could be further from the… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics - at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
Just as music comes alive in the performance of it, the same is true of mathematics. The symbols on the page have no more… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
Given the brief - and generally misleading - exposure most people have to mathematics at school, raising the public awareness of mathematics will always… — Keith Devlin Copy Share
There can be very little of present-day science and technology that is not dependent on complex numbers in one way or another. — Keith Devlin Copy Share
