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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Book Review

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Book Information:

Editors: Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda
Title: Selected papers of Peter Lax
Additional book information: edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda, Springer, 2005, xx+620 pp., ISBN 0-387-22925-6, US$119.00$

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  • Donald J. Albers, Gerald L. Alexanderson, and Constance Reid (eds.), More mathematical people, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, Boston, MA, 1990. Contemporary conversations. MR 1143310
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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Reuben Hersh
    Affiliation: University of New Mexico
    Email: rhersh@math.unm.edu
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 605-608
    Published electronically: July 17, 2006
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2006 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.