Math-Frolic!

" The idea that there is a single body of knowledge or a single way of thinking that we call 'mathematics' is a myth." ...

Keith Devlin’s latest blog post is a sort of wrap-up of several he’s had on the (needed) evolution of math education/application: http:...

Just passing along a couple of posts from today that I enjoyed: a)   Longish final installment in a series of posts from Keith Devlin o...

(via Wikipedia) As most have heard by now, Robert Langlands , at age 81 (and it’s always great to hear of an 81-year-old mathematician...

Keith Devlin’s new volume, “ Finding Fibonacci ” is more historiography than math, but there is some simple fun math sprinkled along the ...

As most know, Hans Rosling passed away this week. As a Sunday reflection, a few timely sentences from Keith Devlin, in tribute to him, ...

Sunday reflection from Keith Devlin, on Euler's formula: "Like a Shakespearean sonnet that captures the very essence of love, or...

Keith Devlin in " The Language of Mathematics ": “ The use of a symbol such as a letter, a word, or a picture to denote an abs...

If you’re already having a bad day, maybe don’t go read this right away!: http://devlinsangle.blogspot.com/2016/08/mathematics-and-en...

Might as well kickstart the week with a couple of pieces from folks I recognized yesterday at MathTango (NOT that they need any recognitio...

A beautiful, touching, scrumptious essay this week from Keith Devlin, on the beauty of mathematics... a somewhat tiresome phrase that he ...

2 longish reads to pass along today.... "For reasons that I don’t fully understand, our mathematical culture encourages us to define...

This Sunday re-running a quote from Keith Devlin that I first posted last year and that derives originally from his Sept. 2013 appearance o...

Fitting I s'pose that I should start a new year with Keith Devlin, who has probably graced my posts more often than any other individua...

I don't often see Keith Devlin focus on geometry in his blog posts… but today he did… and quite excellently!  In fact, from my standpoi...

Keith Devlin, being his usual succinct, persuasive, insightful self, in a new transcribed interview on what mathematics is and the use of d...

" The CCSS were created to ensure that all students who graduate from an American high school do so with the skills and knowledge ne...

Two people who have pretty obviously been cloned, since they keep showing up everywhere(!) evangelizing for mathematics literacy, are Ed Fre...

In his latest Devlin's Angle post, Keith Devlin looks back over 23 years of writing math columns (his "mathemaliterary journey...

Catching up on a few things: 1) First, Keith Devlin continues his fascinating series on his MOOC experience (now 6 recent posts to catc...