Random Curves : Journeys of a Mathematician /
By: Koblitz, Neal [author.].
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BookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.Description: IX, 392 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540740780.Subject(s): Mathematics | Data structures (Computer science) | Data encryption (Computer science) | History | Number theory | Mathematics | History of Mathematical Sciences | Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory | Number Theory | Data EncryptionDDC classification: 510.9 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK10391 |
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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