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Mathematician Keith Devlin is the Executive Director of the
Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute
([H-STAR](http://hstar.stanford.edu/)) at Stanford University and [The
Math Guy](http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/MathGuy.html) on NPR's
[Weekend Edition](http://www.npr.org/programs/wesat).

[Contact](mailto:keithdevlin@profkeithdevlin.com).

[Devlin's Angle](http://maa.org/devlin/devangle.html) is a monthly
column sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.

This column does not reflect an official position of the Mathematical
Association of America.