Author	Koblitz, Neal. author
Title	Random Curves [electronic resource] : Journeys of a Mathematician / by Neal Koblitz
Imprint	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74078-0
Descript	online resource

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

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

1. Mathematics
2. Data structures (Computer science)
3. Data encryption (Computer science)
4. Mathematics_$xHistory
5. Number theory
6. Mathematics
7. History of Mathematics
8. Number Theory
9. Data Encryption
10. Data Structures
11. Cryptology and Information Theory