1. Letters to the editors

   • Alexander Shen

   Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 3 - 3

2. Designing a mirror that inverts in a circle

   • Gerald T. Cargo
   • Jack E. Graver
   • John L. Troutman

   Articles 13 January 2009 Pages: 4 - 8

3. The best card trick

   • Michael Kleber
   • Ravi Vakil

   Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 9 - 11

4. Reading bombelli

   • Federica La Nave
   • Barry Mazur

   Articles 13 January 2009 Pages: 12 - 21

5. Remembering A. S. Kronrod

   • E. M. Landis
   • I. M. Yaglom
   • Marjorie Senechal

   Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 22 - 30

6. Chaotic newton’s sequences

   • Maria Pires De Carvalho

   Articles 13 January 2009 Pages: 31 - 35

7. Fields medalist stripped

   • Colin Adams

   Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 36 - 36

8. Graphic and numerical comparison between iterative methods

   • Juan L. Varona

   Articles 13 January 2009 Pages: 37 - 46

9. Homage to emmy noether

   • Dirk Huylebrouck
   • István Hargittai
   • Magdolna Hargittai

   Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 48 - 49

10. Victor kac and robert moody: their paths to kac-moody lie algebras

    • Stephen Berman
    • Karen Hunger Parshall

    Articles 13 January 2009 Pages: 50 - 60

11. On the myriad mathematical traditions of ancient greece

    • David E. Rowe

    Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 61 - 64

12. Mathematics and music theory: From pythagoras to rameau

    • Athanase Papadopoulos

    Articles 13 January 2009 Pages: 65 - 73

13. The math gene: How mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip

    • Jet Wimp
    • Keith J. Devlin

    Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 74 - 78

14. The development of computing

    • Robin Wilson

    Departments 13 January 2009 Pages: 80 - 80