The Book Review Columnâ William Gasarch Department of Computer Science University of Maryland at College Park College Park, MD, 20742 gasarch@cs.umd.edu In this column we review the following books. 1. Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness after the Digital Explosion by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis. Review by Bill Gasarch. You ve all heard vague stories about record companies suing 12 years olds for downloading music (if not then download from You-Tube Weird Al s classic song Don t Download this Song). Whats really going on? How are technological changes a ecting our lives? To nd out read this book. Or at least my review of this book. 2. Solving polynomial equation systems II: Macaulay s paradigm and Gr¨bner techo nology by Teo Mora. Review by S. C. Coutinho. Solving polynomial equations is a classic (read: old) eld of math. However, it has been reborn with the advent of computers. This book guides you through both the classic theory and the modern computational viewpoint. Grobner basis are prominent. 3. How To Prove It: A Structured Approach by Daniel J. Velleman. Review by Brent Smith. This is a guide for students who have had calculus
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