Koblitz, Neal

Random curves : journeys of a mathematician - Berlin: Springer, [c2008] - 392 p.

1. Harvard
2. SDS
3. The Army
4. Spring of 1972
5. Academics
6. The Soviet Union
7. Racism and Apartheid
8. Vietnam Part I
9. Vietnam Part II
10. Nicaragua and Cuba
11. El Salvador and Peru
12. Two Cultures
13. Cryptography
14. Education
15. Arizona

These autobiographical memoirs of Neal Koblitz, coinventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, cover many topics besides his own personal career in mathematics and cryptography - travels to the Soviet Union, Latin America, Vietnam and elsewhere, political activism, and academic controversies relating to math education, the C. P. Snow two-culture problem, and mistreatment of women in academia.

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