A collection of Book Reviews for Volume 46, Issue 3

A Collection of Book Reviews

Book Review: Cryptonomicon, Volume 46, Number 11

Of course, cryptography is necessary for a project such as the data haven, and, as the title would imply, discussions of codes and ciphers run throughout the book. Mathematicians with a background in cryptanalysis might be especially interested in a new output-feedback mode stream cipher formally introduced in this book for the first time. The code is described in greater detail in an appendix ...

Editorial note Volume 6 Issue 3

Book review - Development/Zebrafish Issue, Volume 123

The December 1996 issue of Development, being a separate volume of the journal, is unusual in that it is entirely dedicated to developmental studies in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). It contains original research articles documenting the results of international research efforts to identify and functionally describe genes that regulate development in zebrafish. The majority of research contributi...

Book Review: What Is Mathematics, Really?, Volume 46, Number 9

historically evolved, and intelligible only in a social context.” Hersh describes some of the standard issues of philosophy of mathematics, such as existence of finite and infinite mathematical entities, intuition, proof, and truth, and tries to show that his philosophy deals with these issues better than do the philosophies he rejects. Although I found the book very interesting and informative...