Volume 54 | Number 08 | October 2021
Toward Student-Centric Graduate Training

Toward Student-Centric Graduate Training

The variety of requisite skills for different careers demands greater customization of student training programs.

A New Biography of Kurt Gödel

A New Biography of Kurt Gödel

Ernest Davis reviews "Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel" by Stephen Budiansky.

Preserving the History of Applied Mathematics

Preserving the History of Applied Mathematics

John Boyd discusses important figures in applied math history and argues that societies should preserve stories and artifacts.

Minimizing the Length — and the Algebra

Minimizing the Length — and the Algebra

Mark Levi presents an amusing solution to minimizing the length of a fence that encloses a pasture of fixed area.