1. Letters to the editor

   Letter 12 November 2008 Pages: 4 - 6

2. Knowledge and community in mathematics

   • Jonathan Borwein
   • Terry Stanway

   Letter 12 November 2008 Pages: 7 - 16

3. Evolution and desing inside and mathematics

   • Eric Grunwald

   Opinion 12 November 2008 Pages: 17 - 23

4. The mathematical ethicist

   • Colin Adams

   Mathematically bent 12 November 2008 Pages: 24 - 25

5. Integers and polynomials: comparing the close cousins Z and F _q [x]

   • Gove Effinger
   • Kenneth Hicks
   • Gary L. Mullen

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 26 - 34

6. Cartographiana

   • Michael Kleber

   Mathematical entertainments 12 November 2008 Pages: 35 - 40

7. Leray in edelbach

   • Anna Maria Sigmund
   • Peter Michor
   • Karl Sigmund

   The mathematical tourist 12 November 2008 Pages: 41 - 50

8. Some notes on the magic squares of squares problem

   • Christian Boyer

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 52 - 64

9. Trigonometric identities and sums of separable functions

   • Martin J. Mohlenkamp
   • Lucas Monzón

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 65 - 69

10. Mathematicians and old books

    • Gerald L. Alexanderson
    • Leonard F. Klosinski

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 70 - 79

11. Using the mathematics literature

    • J. Parker Ladwig
    • E. Bruce Williams

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 80 - 81

12. Mathematics in nature. modeling patterns in the natural world

    • Thomas Garrity

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 81 - 82

13. Modeling differential equations in biology

    • Thomas Hillen

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 82 - 83

14. Probability theory: the logic of science

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 83 - 83

15. The fundamentals of risk measurement

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 83 - 83

16. The elements of statistical learning: data mining, inference and prediction

    • James Franklin

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 83 - 85

17. Mathematics across cultures

    • Hélène Bellosta

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 85 - 88

18. After math

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 88 - 88

19. The Parrot’s theorem

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 88 - 88

20. The fractal murders

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 88 - 88

21. The da vinci code

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 88 - 88

22. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 88 - 88

23. Leaning towards infinity

    • Mary W. Gray

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 88 - 91

24. Adventures in group theory: rubik ’s cube, Merlin ’s machine & other mathematical toys

    • Gerhard Betsch

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 92 - 92

25. Origami design secrets: mathematical methods for an ancient art

    • Thomas C. Hull

    ReviewPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 92 - 95

26. The philamafh’s alphabet—h

    • Robin Wilson

    Stamp Corner 12 November 2008 Pages: 96 - 96