Mathematics: The New Golden Age

Devlin is a mathematician affiliated with St. Mary's College of California, and Stanford U. Center for the Study of Language and Information; he writes extensively and engagingly about mathematics for non-mathematicians. In this work first published in 1988, he charts significant mathematical research beginning in 1960; this revised edition includes developments of the 1980s and 1990s. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)