From CACM, the status of the P versus NP problem: It's one of the fundamental mathematical problems of our time, and its importance grows with the rise of powerful computers. A review of Plato's Ghost: The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics by Jeremy Gray (and more). A review of Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith by Daniel J. Cohen and Is God A Mathematician? by Mario Livio. From Seed, here are photographs and excerpts from Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World by Mariana Cook. Figured out: We don’t understand the math, but can we get the mathematicians? An interview with Steven Strogatz, author of The Calculus of Friendship: What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math. Did a 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant living in Sweden crack a maths puzzle that had stumped experts for more than 300 years? Unless the parents of all the mathematically-gifted girls in the country are enrolling their kids in the same schools, the evidence suggests that a lot of female talent is just not being tapped. What's luck got to do with it?: An article on the math of gambling. Chris Holloway is encouraging fellow beer drinkers to use math to get their money’s worth. Here are three new ways math can help you stay awake, clear clogged drains, and solve ancient mysteries. An article on the mysterious equilibrium of zombies and other things mathematicians see at the movies.
