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"Fermat's Engima", by Simon Singh (First Anchor Books Edition, Oct 1998) One Sentence Summary: Several hundred years of math gossip, now with layman's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem! What I Liked About It: Does a good job of slowly building up to the layman's explanation of the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem ; Really interesting to see the 'human side' of math history What I Disliked About It: It took a while to sink in that the book was slowly building up to the proof on purpose, as opposed to merely being distracted by tangents. |
"My Life As A Quant", by ??? (????) One Sentence Summary: I coulda been a (physics) contender! What I Liked About It: Fascinating autobiography of someone who initially wanted to go into physics, but then realized he wasn't going to ever join the pantheon of great physicists. What I Disliked About It: After a while it has kind of a 'slide show' feel to it - I think it almost has too much of a 'diary' feel to it, without enough insightful commentary. |
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