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Random Curves [electronic resource] : Journeys of a Mathematician / by Neal Koblitz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008Description: IX, 392 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783540740780
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 510.9 23
LOC classification:
  • QA21-27
Online resources:
Contents:
Early Years -- Harvard -- SDS -- The Army -- Spring of 1972 -- Academics -- The Soviet Union -- Racism and Apartheid -- Vietnam Part I -- Vietnam Part II -- Nicaragua and Cuba -- El Salvador and Peru -- Two Cultures -- Cryptography -- Education -- Arizona.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: These autobiographical memoirs of Neal Koblitz, coinventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, cover many topics besides his own personal career in mathematics and cryptography - travels to the Soviet Union, Latin America, Vietnam and elsewhere, political activism, and academic controversies relating to math education, the C. P. Snow two-culture problem, and mistreatment of women in academia. The stories speak for themselves and reflect the experiences of a student and later a scientist caught up in the tumultuous events of his generation.
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Early Years -- Harvard -- SDS -- The Army -- Spring of 1972 -- Academics -- The Soviet Union -- Racism and Apartheid -- Vietnam Part I -- Vietnam Part II -- Nicaragua and Cuba -- El Salvador and Peru -- Two Cultures -- Cryptography -- Education -- Arizona.

These autobiographical memoirs of Neal Koblitz, coinventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, cover many topics besides his own personal career in mathematics and cryptography - travels to the Soviet Union, Latin America, Vietnam and elsewhere, political activism, and academic controversies relating to math education, the C. P. Snow two-culture problem, and mistreatment of women in academia. The stories speak for themselves and reflect the experiences of a student and later a scientist caught up in the tumultuous events of his generation.

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