1. Guest editorial

   Department 02 May 2009 Pages: 56 - 56

2. Letters

   • John McKay
   • Guy Haworth
   • John H. Mason

   Department 02 May 2009 Pages: 57 - 58

3. From the history of a simple group

   • Jeremy Gray

   Article 02 May 2009 Pages: 59 - 67

4. Evaluation of the mathematics departement faculty

   • Vadim Komkov

   Article 02 May 2009 Pages: 68 - 71

5. The van der waerden conjecture: two proofs in one year

   • J. H. van Lint

   Article 02 May 2009 Pages: 72 - 77

6. Fractal geometry derived from complex bases

   • William J. Gilbert

   Article 02 May 2009 Pages: 78 - 86

7. Crossword no. 6

   Department 02 May 2009 Pages: 87 - 87

8. About books

   • Donald G. Saari
   • Alan Weinstein
   • John L. Friedman

   BookReview 02 May 2009 Pages: 88 - 102

9. The road-crossing catastrophe (and how to avoid one): A light-hearted catastrophe model

   • F. J. Wright

   The old intelligerncer 02 May 2009 Pages: 103 - 104

10. Smiles

    • Gary Cornell

    The Old Intelligerncer 02 May 2009 Pages: 105 - 105

11. Old hat gossip

    • H. Freudenthal

    The Old Intelligerncer 02 May 2009 Pages: 105 - 105

12. Tales of forgotten genius

    • Cosgrove

    The Old Intelligerncer 02 May 2009 Pages: 106 - 106