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This book consists of three parts written by different authors: ``Le théorème des nombres premiers et la transformation de Fourier'' (The prime number theorem and the Fourier transform) (1--35) by \textit{J.-B. Bost}, ``Arithmétique de la fonction zêta'' (Arithmetic of the zeta-function) (37--164) by \textit{P. Colmez} and ``La fonction zêta de Riemann et les probabilités'' (The Riemann zeta-function and probability theory) (165--193) by \textit{Ph. Biane}. The first part is devoted to a proof of the prime number theorem. The crucial fact that Riemann's zeta-function has no zero on the one-line is proved by use of harmonic analysis, invoking also the theory of distributions. An interesting historical document, the famous paper by J. Hadamard, is reprinted as an appendix. The second part, about 130 pages, is the bulk of the book and contains a variety of topics: analytic continuation and functional equations for Riemann's zeta-function, Dirichlet's \(L\)-functions and automorphic \(L\)-functions, modular forms, arithmetic properties of \(\zeta (n)\), and the \(p\)-adic zeta-function. Finally, the third part deals with statistical questions such as Montgomery's pair correlation theory with its modern developments and the interpretation of Riemann's zeta-function in terms of the Brownian motion. In this volume of a relatively small size, an amazing amount of material is covered and discussed in a modern spirit. It can be viewed both as an introduction to the fascinating theory of the Riemann and other zeta-functions and as a research survey; as such, it is of interest for a wide readership including students, specialists, and nonspecialists.