Random Curves

Reviews / Votes

From the reviews:

"This is Neal Koblitz's autobiography. . Neal Koblitz has lead an interesting life and he is an excellent writer. . He has traveled a lot and has many opinions, mostly on academia, politics, and academic politics . . There is a lot more and much of it is interesting. The book is very readable and has interesting things to say about academia, politics, and academic politics. . I find this quite admirable." (William Gasarch, SIGACT News, Vol. 41 (3), September, 2010)

"Random Curves delivers a long and fascinating array of very sharp, personal and uncompromising comments on the great political events of the second half of the 20th century . . Koblitz has made for this book . carefully describing the math environment instead of the mathematics itself. . Any mathematician or historian . will find Random Curves absorbing. . The book might also be attractive to young readers . ." (Bernhelm Booss-Bavnbek, The Mathematical Intelligence, Vol. 31 (4), 2009)

"Random Curves: Journeys of a Mathematician has recently been published by Springer Verlag. . focuses on Koblitz's life and his many journeys. . serve as a travelogue as well as an autobiography, and give a different perspective on some of the countries than one might find elsewhere. . Random Curves is a fun read and an interesting insight into the mind of a prolific and active mathematician." (Darren Glass, MathDL, March, 2008)