Dynamite Quotes by Keith Devlin

I saw the first one [video with Hans Rosling ] when he did - I think it was his first one - in 2006,…

— Keith Devlin

Calculus works by making visible the infinitesimally small.

— Keith Devlin

“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

I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent.

— Keith Devlin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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