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These are archives of book reviews I have written at various times, for both local and national publications. For better or for worse, these are my original versions, before the editors got their hands on them.
Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics, by John Derbyshire, The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics, by Marcus du Sautoy, The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics, by Karl Sabbagh, The New YorkTimes Review of Books, July 6, 2003The Bit and the Pendulum: From Quantum Computing to M Theory -- The New Physics of Information, by Tom Siegfried, The New York Times Review of Books, February 25, 2001
Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories, by John Allen Paulos, The New York Times Review of Books, April 25, 1999
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Odd Story Of Paul Erdös and His Search For Mathematical Truth, by Paul Hoffman, The New York Times Review of Books, September 27, 1998
And the Waters Turned to Blood, by Rodney Barker, The Faculty Voice, November 1997
The Nature of Space and Time, by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, The Faculty Voice, October, 1996
Moo, by Jane Smiley, The Faculty Voice, November, 1995
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon, by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, The Faculty Voice, February, 1995
Entropy and the Magic Flute, by Harold J. Morowitz, The Faculty Voice, August, 1994
The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica, by David G. Campbell, The Faculty Voice, April, 1994
The Forgotten Plague: How the Battle Against Tuberculosis Was Won and Lost, by Frank Ryan, The Faculty Voice, November, 1993
Rads: The 1970 Bombing of the Army Math Center at the University of Wisconsin and Its Aftermath, by Tom Bates, The Faculty Voice, May, 1993
Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped, by Colin Tudge, The Faculty Voice, February, 1993
The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men and The New York Times, by Nan Robertson, The Faculty Voice, January, 1993
The Malaria Capers: More Tales of Parasites and People, Research and Reality, by Robert S. Desowitz, The Faculty Voice, November, 1992
Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics, by Ronald A. Smith, The Faculty Voice, October, 1992
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan, by Robert Kanigel, The Faculty Voice, September, 1992.