1. BOOK REVIEWS: J.W.P. HIRSCHFELD, G. KORCHMÁROS, F. TORRES, ALGEBRAIC CURVES OVER A FINITE FIELD, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS (PRINCETON SERIES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS), 2008, HARDBACK, 696 PP., ISBN: 978-0-691-09679-7. Authors: DANIEL ARNOLD MOLDOVAN.