Neal Koblitz is a co-inventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, and his autobiographical memoirs are collected in this volume. Besides his own personal career in mathematics and cryptography, Koblitz details his 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. These engaging stories fully capture the experiences of a student and later a scientist caught up in the tumultuous events of his generation.
Neal Koblitz is a co-inventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, and his autobiographical memoirs are collected in this volume. These engaging stories fully capture 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.
From the reviews:
This is Neal Koblitzs autobiography. & Neal Koblitz has lead an interesting life and he is an excellent writer. & He has traveled a lot and has many opinions, mostly on academia, politics, and academic politics & . There is a lot more and much of it is interesting. The book is very readable and has interesting things to say about academia, politics, and academic politics. & I find this quite admirable. (William Gasarch, SIGACT News, Vol. 41 (3), September, 2010)
Random Curves delivers a long and fascinating array of very sharp, personal and uncompromising comments on the great political events of the second half of the 20th century & . Koblitz has made for this book & carefully describing the math environment instead of the lc*
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