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Sol Lederman, over at 'Wild About Math' is already up with his 2nd podcast interview, this time with William Cook, author of "In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman." If this famous and fascinating math conundrum interests you, definitely tune in (…ohh, and p.s., it ought interest you! ;-) -- it is one of the Clay Institute's million-dollar problems):

http://wildaboutmath.com/2012/02/17/william-cook-inspired-by-math-2/

And here's a short review of Cook's book from elsewhere on the Web:

http://www.mathteacherctk.com/blog/2011/12/in-pursuit-of-the-traveling-salesman/