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The mathematician who—incidentally—helped mathematicians to stop worrying and love the computer.
The mathematician who—incidentally—helped mathematicians to stop worrying and love the computer.
The (very) tricky math of detecting gerrymandering in election districts
The (very) tricky math of detecting gerrymandering in election districts
The Shifting Sands of Algebra
The Shifting Sands of Algebra
What is the Most Valuable Benefit You Got from Becoming a Mathematician?
What is the Most Valuable Benefit You Got from Becoming a Mathematician?
Algebra. It's powerful. But it's not what it was
Algebra. It's powerful. But it's not what it was
Math Skill is a Civil Right – The movie
Math Skill is a Civil Right – The movie
What is the Most Important Skill Mathematicians Bring to Collaborative Work on a Wicked Problem?
What is the Most Important Skill Mathematicians Bring to Collaborative Work on a Wicked Problem?
Mathematical Models – Useful But Often False
Mathematical Models – Useful But Often False
What’s it like to be a student in my class?
What’s it like to be a student in my class?
How Will the New AI Impact Mathematics Research?
How Will the New AI Impact Mathematics Research?
How did human beings acquire the ability to do mathematics?
How did human beings acquire the ability to do mathematics?
Counting Back in Hundreds
Counting Back in Hundreds
Fifty Years of Integer Sequences
Fifty Years of Integer Sequences
What's the Best Way to Teach Calculus?
What's the Best Way to Teach Calculus?
New "DEVLIN’S ANGLE" Archive Goes Live
New "DEVLIN’S ANGLE" Archive Goes Live
Attend to Precision. Why?
Attend to Precision. Why?
California Passes its New K-12 Mathematics Framework
California Passes its New K-12 Mathematics Framework
ChatGPT: for Mathematicians, a Tool in Search of Good Applications
ChatGPT: for Mathematicians, a Tool in Search of Good Applications
When Patterns Mislead
When Patterns Mislead
Does AI Pose a Threat to Mathematics Education?
Does AI Pose a Threat to Mathematics Education?
Monuments to Algebra
Monuments to Algebra
Might May Not Always Make Right; but it Often Wins
Might May Not Always Make Right; but it Often Wins
People are rational; but are they logical? [Creativity – Part 2]
People are rational; but are they logical? [Creativity – Part 2]
Understanding Mathematical Creativity
Understanding Mathematical Creativity
What Use Is Math?
What Use Is Math?
Coming to grips with Mastodon
Coming to grips with Mastodon
Playful Math – Is there a "there" there?
Playful Math – Is there a "there" there?
Not a Walled Garden
Not a Walled Garden
Mathematics: Prescriptive or Descriptive?
Mathematics: Prescriptive or Descriptive?
How Can We Picture Information? How Can We Model It Mathematically? Part II
How Can We Picture Information? How Can We Model It Mathematically? Part II

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