1. Letters to the Editor

   Letter 12 November 2008 Pages: 5 - 6

2. A mathematician called Bourbaki

   • François Laubie

   Note 12 November 2008 Pages: 7 - 8

3. On two fellows who wanted to make money on fluctuations

   • Jacek Miȩkisz

   Note 12 November 2008 Pages: 8 - 10

4. Poetic metaphor and mathematical demonstration: A shallow analogy

   • Miriam Lipschutz-Yevick

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 11 - 13

5. Jan Zwicky responds:

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 13 - 14

6. Juggling braids and links

   • Satyan L. Devadoss
   • John Mugno

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 15 - 22

7. An enigmatic pyramid

   • Frans A. Cerulus

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 23 - 25

8. A killer theorem

   • Colin Adams

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 26 - 29

9. Fermat cornes to America: Harry schultz vandiver and flt (1914–1963)

   • Leo Corry

   OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 30 - 40

10. Spectral variation, normal matrices, and finsler geometry

    • Rajendra Bhatia

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 41 - 46

11. Mathematical travelers

    • Gerald L. Alexanderson
    • Monika Caradonna
    • Leonard F. Klosinski

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 47 - 54

12. Pit your wits against young minds!

    • James Tanton

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 55 - 59

13. Solving mathematical problems: a personal perspective

    • John J. Watkins

    Reviews 12 November 2008 Pages: 60 - 63

14. Introduction to circle packing: the theory of discrete analytic functions

    • J. W. Cannon
    • W. J. Floyd
    • W. R. Parry

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 63 - 66

15. Introduction to cryptography with coding theory, second edition

    • Michael Anshel
    • Kent D. Boklan

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 66 - 69

16. Dr. Euler’s fabulous formula: cures many mathematical ills

    • Pamela Gorkin

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 69 - 71

17. Tribute to a mathemagician

    • Cliff Pickover

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 71 - 71

18. Elementary set theory with a universal set

    • Robert Jones

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 71 - 73

19. Kurt gödel. das album—the album

    • Juliette Kennedy

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 73 - 76

20. Die vermessung des unendlichen (measuring infinity)

    • Jean-Michel Kantor

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 76 - 77

21. The Oxford murders

    • Mary W. Gray

    OriginalPaper 12 November 2008 Pages: 77 - 78

22. The philamath’s alphabet-0

    • Robin Wilson

    Stamp Conner 12 November 2008 Pages: 80 - 80