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Interview with Martin Gardner Page 602 ISSN 0002-9920 of the American Mathematical Society june/july 2005 Volume 52, Number 6 Interview with Martin Gardner page 602 On the Notices Publication of Krieger's Translation of Weil' s 1940 Letter page 612 Taichung, Taiwan Meeting page 699 ., ' Martin Gardner (see page 611) AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY A Mathematical Gift, I, II, Ill The interplay between topology, functions, geometry, and algebra Shigeyuki Morita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, Koji Shiga, Yokohama, Japan, Toshikazu Sunada, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan and Kenji Ueno, Kyoto University, Japan This three-volume set succinctly addresses the interplay between topology, functions, geometry, and algebra. Bringing the beauty and fun of mathematics to the classroom, the authors offer serious mathematics in an engaging style. Included are exercises and many figures illustrating the main concepts. 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