Mircea Pitici, an instructor in the mathematics department, is the editor of the first volume of The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010, which was recently published by the Princeton University Press. The volume includes essays about the application of mathematics, mathematics education, and mathematics in the media.

The full description and table of contents are available at http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9284.html.

The publisher has also posted an interview with Mircea: http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2011/01/04/pgs-dialogue-mircea-pitici-editor-of-the-best-writing-on-mathematics-2010/.