I just noticed that one of my book reviews (a review of The Survival of a Mathematician: From Tenure Track to Emeritus, by Steven G. Krantz) is a featured review right now at MAA reviews. This was a very difficult review for me to write. There was a lot to like about the book, but there were other parts that really frustrated me.
Posted by: Dave Richeson | April 15, 2009
Featured MAA review
Posted in Math | Tags: book review, Steven Krantz, The Survival of a Mathematician
How funny… One of my favorite book reviews ever is one written by Krantz about Wolfram’s _A New Kind of Science_. And now here you are posting about writing a book review of Krantz’s book.
[Krantz’s scathing, hilarious review is here: http://www.math.wustl.edu/~sk/wolfram.pdf%5D
Congrats on being featured!
Best,
Sam
By: samjshah on April 15, 2009
at 11:17 pm
Thanks for the link toe the Krantz’s review. That’s great. I remember reading a few others at the time that expressed the same sentiment. Ouch!
By: Dave Richeson on April 18, 2009
at 11:22 pm