1. Letters to the editor

   Department 08 January 2009 Pages: 4 - 6

2. Years ago

   • Karen V. H. Parshall

   Department 08 January 2009 Pages: 7 - 11

3. Opinion

   • Reuben Hersh

   Department 08 January 2009 Pages: 12 - 15

4. Recollections of mathematics in a country under siege

   • Neal Koblitz
   • Hoàng Tuy

   Article 08 January 2009 Pages: 16 - 34

5. Are these the most beautiful?

   • David Wells

   Article 08 January 2009 Pages: 37 - 41

6. The infidel is innocent

   • Adrian P. Simpson

   Article 08 January 2009 Pages: 43 - 51

7. The mathematical tourist

   • Ian Stewart

   Department 08 January 2009 Pages: 52 - 52

8. The fall of pythagoras

   • Jonathan Holden

   Article 08 January 2009 Pages: 53 - 53

9. A Centennial: Wilhelm Killing and the Exceptional Groups

   • Sigurdur Helgason

   Article 08 January 2009 Pages: 54 - 57

10. So far, so good: my life up to now

    • Edwin Hewitt

    Article 08 January 2009 Pages: 58 - 63

11. Mathematical Entertainments

    • Steven H. Weintraub

    Department 08 January 2009 Pages: 64 - 68

12. Untangling DNA

    • De Witt Sumners

    Article 08 January 2009 Pages: 71 - 80

13. Reviews

    • Chandler Davis

    Department 08 January 2009 Pages: 81 - 83

14. Stamp corner

    • Robin Wilson

    Department 08 January 2009 Pages: 84 - 84