(Sigh)

Let me start by saying that I don’t believe there is any such thing as a bad review. Any reader’s perspective, assuming he or she has actually read the book, is a valid one that an author should consider. However, I do feel as if I’ve been a little...

Welcome to Goodreads members!

Last week I learned about a cool social website for book-lovers, called Goodreads. If you join the site, you can submit reviews and evaluations of books that you have read. You can also network with friends and find out what books they are reading. Think Facebook but...

Interview Posted at “The Browser”

Today an interview with me was posted at “The Browser,” a British website devoted mostly to book reviews. Before I talk about the interview, let me just say how much I love their concept. The centerpiece of the website is called “Five Books,” a...

Review in a Statistics Blog

Christian Robert has published a review of The Universe in Zero Words on his blog, Xi’an’s Og. A version of this review will also appear in Chance, published by the American Statistical Association. I’ve been curious to see how my book will be...

SIAM Math in Industry report published!

I’d like to announce the publication of the SIAM Report on Mathematics in Industry, which is available online as a PDF from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). As an official report of SIAM, the document is anonymous. However, I can tell...