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Random Curves: Journeys of a Mathematician
Tag	Description
020	$a9783540740780
082	$a510.9
099	$aOnline Resource : Springer
100	$aKoblitz, Neal.$d1948-
245	$aRandom Curves$h[Ebook]$bJourneys of a Mathematician$cby Neal Koblitz.
260	$aBerlin, Heidelberg$bSpringer$c2008.
300	$bonline resource.
336	$atext
338	$aonline resource
505	$aEarly 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 -- Two Cultures -- Cryptography -- Education -- Arizona -- Index.
520	$aThese 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.
538	$aOnline access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users).
710	$aSpringerLink (Online service)
856	$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74078-0