TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koblitz,Neal
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Random Curves: Journeys of a Mathematician 
SN  - 9783540740780
AV  - QA21-27 
U1  - 510.9 23
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Data structures (Computer science)
KW  - Data encryption (Computer science)
KW  - History
KW  - Number theory
KW  - History of Mathematical Sciences
KW  - Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory
KW  - Number Theory
KW  - Data Encryption
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74078-0
ER  -