1. Editorial

   • Hilbert Meets
   • T. C. Mits
   • Ian Stewart

   Departments Pages: 3 - 4

2. Letters to the editor

   • Clement Lam
   • John McKay
   • Larry Thiel

   Departments Pages: 5 - 5

3. Announcements

   Departments Pages: 6 - 6

4. 50 & 100 years ago

   • Jeremy Gray

   Departments Pages: 7 - 8

5. An interview with Michael Atiyah

   Articles Pages: 9 - 19

6. Sofia kovalevskaia and the mathematical community

   • Ann Hibner Koblitz

   Articles Pages: 20 - 29

7. Crosswords

   Departments Pages: 30 - 31

8. Problem corner

   • Murray S. Klamkin

   Departments Pages: 32 - 32

9. Circular A-21: A history of bureaucratic encroachment (excerpts)

   • Serge Lang

   Articles Pages: 33 - 46

10. Caustics through the looking glass

    • J. W. Bruce
    • P. J. Giblin
    • C. G. Gibson

    Articles Pages: 47 - 58

11. Mathematical sciences research Institute Berkeley, California

    • Calvin C. Moore

    Articles Pages: 59 - 64

12. International congress of mathematicians-Warsaw-1982

    • Anthony Ralston

    Articles Pages: 65 - 68

13. Book reviews

    • Gary Cornell
    • Ian Stewart

    BookReview Pages: 69 - 76

14. Old intelligencer

    • Stephen M. Stigler
    • Laurel Richardson

    Announcement Pages: 77 - 78

15. A new view of two old friends

    Announcement Pages: 78 - 78

16. Erlangen programs

    • Konrad Jacobs
    • Heinrich Utz

    Announcement Pages: 79 - 80