1. Letters to the Editor

   • Bruno Scarpellini
   • Hal R. Varian
   • Constance Reid

   Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 3 - 4

2. Poetry contest

   • Sheldon Axler

   Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 4 - 4

3. Years ago

   • Allen Shields

   Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 6 - 10

4. Opinion

   • Robert S. Strichartz

   Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 12 - 13

5. Interview with Dirk Jan Struik

   • David E. Rowe
   • Dirk Jan Struik

   Article 07 January 2009 Pages: 14 - 26

6. Why the circle is connected: An introduction to quantized topology

   • Edward G. Effros
   • A. Grothendieck

   Article 07 January 2009 Pages: 27 - 35

7. The Mathematical Tourist

   • Gerhard Betsch

   Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 36 - 36

8. Polynomial identities and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem

   • Edward Formanek

   Article 07 January 2009 Pages: 37 - 39

9. An algebraist commuting in Berkeley

   • Craig Huneke

   Article 07 January 2009 Pages: 40 - 52

10. Mathematical entertainments

    • Steven H. Weintraub

    Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 53 - 55

11. Existence theorems in mathematics

    • A. M. W. Glass

    Article 07 January 2009 Pages: 56 - 62

12. Reviews

    • Chandler Davis
    • Lawrence Zalcman
    • John Franks

    Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 63 - 71

13. Stamp corner

    • Robin Wilson

    Department 07 January 2009 Pages: 72 - 72