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Keith Devlin wins Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization

DEVLIN AWARDED SAGAN PRIZE

Mathematician Keith Devlin of Stanford University has been awarded the 
Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization. He has written more than 20 
books and is a regular guest on National Public Radio. His current 
research is focused on the use of different media to teach and communicate 
mathematics to diverse audiences. Read the announcement about Devlin's 
achievements and activities at 
http://www.wonderfest.org/html/2007_winner.html .

Dr. Keith Devlin is a Senior Researcher at CSLI and its Executive 
Director, a Consulting Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and a 
co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network and of the 
university's H-STAR institute. He is a World Economic Forum Fellow and a 
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His 
current research is focused on the use of different media to teach and 
communicate mathematics to diverse audiences. He also works on the design 
of information/reasoning systems for intelligence analysis. Other research 
interests include: theory of information, models of reasoning, 
applications of mathematical techniques in the study of communication, and 
mathematical cognition. He has written 26 books and over 75 published 
research articles. Winner of the 2001 Communications Award of the Joint 
Policy Board for Mathematics, the 2003 Peano Prize, the 2005 Pythagoras 
Prize, and the 2007 Carl Sagan Award. He is "the Math Guy" on National 
Public Radio.