1. Letters to the editor

   • James Franklin
   • Robert Hermann
   • John W. Dawson Jr.

   Departments 08 January 2009 Pages: 4 - 6

2. Years ago

   Departments 08 January 2009 Pages: 7 - 11

3. Opinion

   • J. M. Henle

   Departments 08 January 2009 Pages: 12 - 18

4. Did poincaré say “set theory is a disease”?

   • Jeremy Gray

   Articles 08 January 2009 Pages: 19 - 22

5. Jacques Hadamard

   • Jean-Pierre Kahane

   Articles 08 January 2009 Pages: 23 - 29

6. Mathematics in marble and bronze: The sculpture of helaman rolfe pratt ferguson

   • J. W. Cannon
   • Helaman Ferguson

   Articles 08 January 2009 Pages: 30 - 39

7. Mathematical Entertainments

   Departments 08 January 2009 Pages: 40 - 43

8. Archimedes Andrews and the Ball-Bearing Missile

   • Barry Cipra

   Articles 08 January 2009 Pages: 44 - 48

9. Organizing a conference

   • I. M. James

   Articles 08 January 2009 Pages: 49 - 51

10. Recent developments in braid and link theory

    • Joan S. Birman

    Articles 08 January 2009 Pages: 52 - 60

11. The mathematical tourist

    • Radoslav Dimitrić

    Departments 08 January 2009 Pages: 61 - 65

12. Abelian and nonabelian mathematics

    • I. R. Shafarevich
    • Smilka Zdravkovska

    Articles 08 January 2009 Pages: 67 - 75

13. Reviews

    • Ann Hibner Koblitz

    Departments 08 January 2009 Pages: 77 - 78

14. Stamp corner

    Departments 08 January 2009 Pages: 80 - 80