| Dear Reader: |
| This installment of the Dover Math and Science Newsletter features an overview of our books in the area of probability, from titles for the general reader to advanced graduate-level monographs. From Richard von Mises' Probability, Statistics and Truth, first published by Dover in 1981 and continuously in print since then, to Lester Helms' Introduction to Probability Theory with Contemporary Applications, a college-level text reissued by us in 2010, we have been active with books on probability for decades. |
| Not unrelated to probability, Dover editor Shelley Kronzek contributes an article on the breaking news concerning the possibility that researchers at the CERN establishment in Europe may have discovered neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light – an impossibility according to Einstein. No doubt it will take years of additional research to confirm or dismiss this finding, but Ms. Kronzek aptly points out where an interested reader can learn more about the discovery of the neutrino in Dover books by the physicist George Gamow. The probability is strong that Gamow will continue to entertain and enlighten readers for at least as many decades as this research into neutrinos will take. |
| A major initiative for the Dover math and science program involves our bringing back into print many valued, high quality books which had been allowed to go out of print. A listing of these recent reissues in mathematics and science is featured in this newsletter. |
| Lastly you'll find some related excerpts from Dover books on these topics and some challenging puzzles to solve. |
| Is there an out-of-print Dover book you would like to see us bring back? Please click here to let us know. |
| Until next month, |
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John Grafton
Senior Editor |
