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The NSA and the Social Responsibility of Mathematicians

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    Jonathan Korman & Wing-Yee Tong

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Korman, J., Tong, WY. The NSA and the Social Responsibility of Mathematicians. Math Intelligencer 38, 36–38 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-016-9675-9

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