Notices of the American Mathematical Society (Vol. 54, No:11)

General textbooks, attempting to cover three thousand or so years of mathematical history, must necessarily oversimplify just about everything, the practice of which can scarcely promote a critical approach to the subject. To counter this, History of Mathematics offers deeper coverage of key select topics, providing students with material that could encourage more critical thinking. It also includes the proofs of important results which are typically neglected in the modern history of mathematics curriculum. Front Cover MacKichan Software, Inc. ad American Institute of Mathematical Sciences ad Birkhauser ad December 2007 Table of Contents AMS Epsilon Fund ad Letter to the Editor Mathematics Research Communities ad Starting with the Group SL2(R), Vladimir V. Kisil WebAssign ad Math for America ad The Triumph of Numbers and Karl Pearson--Book Reviews, reviewed by Brian Blank Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics ad New Releases from the AMS Irving Kaplansky (1917-2006), Hyman Bass and T. Y. Lam WHAT IS...a Cluster Algebra?, Andrei Zelevinsky How Mathematicians Think--A Book Review, reviewed by Reuben Hersh Emma Lehmer (1906-2007), John Brillhart Remembering Philip Rabinowitz, Philip J. Davis and Aviezri S. Fraenkel How to Write Your First Paper, Steven G. Krantz Sobolev Institute of Mathematics Celebrates Its Fiftieth Anniversary, Victor Alexandrov AMS Headlines & Deadlines ad About the Cover Mathematics People Mathematics Opportunities Inside the AMS Reference and Book List AMS Publisher's Discount Sale ad Mathematics Calendar New Publications Offered by the AMS Classified Advertisements Meetings and Conferences of the AMS The 2007 Notices Index San Diego Joint Meetings Advance Registration Forms Arizona State University and A K Peters ads Meetings and Conferences Table of Contents Cambridge University Press Institute for Mathematics and its Applications ad Springer ad