Introduction / Mircea Pitici
The prospects for mathematics in a multimedia civilization / Philip J. Davis
Fearful symmetry / Ian Stewart
E pluribus unum : from complexity, universality / Terence Tao
Degrees of separation / Gregory Goth
Randomness / Charles Seife
Randomness in music / Donald E. Knuth
Playing the odds / Soren Johnson
Machines of the infinite / John Pavlus
Bridges, string art, and Bézier curves / Renan Gross
Slicing a cone for art and science / Daniel S. Silver
High fashion meets higher mathematics / Kelly Delp
The Jordan curve theorem is nontrivial / Fiona Ross and William T. Ross
Why mathematics? What mathematics? / Anna Sfard
Math anxiety : who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it / Erin A. Maloney and Sian L. Beilock
How old are the platonic solids? / David R. Lloyd
Early modern mathematical instruments / Jim Bennett
A revolution in mathematics? What really happened a century ago and why it matters today / Frank Quinn
Errors of probability in historical context / Prakash Gorroochurn
The end of probability / Elie Ayache
An abc proof too tough even for mathematicians / Kevin Hartnett.
