Apr 12th, 2008 · The No. 1 movie at the box office for the last two weekends has been 21, which depicts a group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who decide to try to relieve some tuition pressures by hitting the tables in Las Vegas. "Math guy" Keith Devlin talks about the movie.
Apr 5th, 2008 · We call in Weekend Edition's Math Guy, Keith Devlin, to help NPR's Susan Stamberg answer a listener's question about how the shuffle feature works -- or doesn't -- in iPods.
Jan 12th, 2008 · Sure Ben Franklin was smart, but was he any good at math? Weekend Edition's math guy Keith Devlin read a book on the topic and reveals the answer.
Apr 14th, 2007 · Sunday marks the 300th anniversary of Leonhard Euler. Who's he? Only one of the top four mathematicians of all time. Math commentator Keith Devlin talks to Scott Simon about the life of this genius.
Feb 17th, 2007 · A new mathematics theorem helps explain why rotating a wobbly table makes it stable. Stanford math professor Keith Devlin discusses the ramifications of the finding.
Aug 12th, 2006 · The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame wants to resolve a dispute over the size of a fish hailed since 1949 as a world-record holder. Three photos and geometry techniques may establish the actual length of the Muskie. Stanford professor Keith Devlin, Weekend Edition math expert, tells Scott Simon how math might resolve the quarrel.
Jul 29th, 2006 · Scott Simon talks with math guy Keith Devlin about the work of Grigori Perelman. Perelman is a mathematician at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in St. Petersburg, Russia, who may have solved a 100-year-old math problem known as Poincare's Conjecture. It will be the talk of an international mathematics conference coming up in August.
Jul 8th, 2006 · Much has been made over the development of a rounder soccer ball for use in this year's World Cup. But Stanford math professor Keith Devlin tells Scott Simon the quest for a perfect sphere remains a geometric improbability.