Genius at Play, The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway
“[A] virtuoso juggling of narrative speeds, reminiscences, implausible digressions and long passages of precise, comprehensible mathematics.”
—Michael Harris, Nature
“Makes you laugh with surprise.”
—Jordan Ellenberg, The Wall Street Journal
“Roberts is ingenious… in bringing this unpredictable, unmanageable, impossibly brilliant mathematician to life in this vivid and intimate portrayal.”
—Gary Antonick, The New York Times
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King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry
“There is no substitute for Coxeter, and no substitute for this long-overdue treatment of his life.”
—Jordan Ellenberg, Washington Post
“King of Infinite Space is part biography, part scientific history, part epic. It offers poignant looks into Coxeter’s soul.”
—Jeffrey Rosenthal, Globe and Mail
“An elegant biography of an elegant man.”
—John Horton Conway, John von Neumann Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University
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Wind Wizard: Alan G. Davenport and the Art of Wind Engineering
“An unlikely gem.”
—Allan McRobie, Nature
“A winning, enlightening investigation into wind engineering and the man who made the airwaves speak.”
—Kirkus Reviews (Starred)
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