Category Archives: Book review

Igor Pak’s “Lectures on Discrete and Polyhedral Geometry”

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Gil Kalai

Here is a link to Igor Pak’s  book on Discrete and Polyhedral Geometry  (free download) . And here is just the table of contents. It is a wonderful book, full of gems, contains original look on many important directions, things that … Continue reading →

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Praise For ‘Gina says’

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Gil Kalai

Praise for: ” ‘Gina Says,’ Adventures in the Blogsphere String War (Below the dividing line:  Greg Kuperberg, Scott Aaronson, Clifford Johnson, Peter Woit, Motty Perry, Caterina Calsamiglia, Yuval Peres, Eva Illouz, and (right from the comment section)  Luca Trevisan, Thomas … Continue reading →

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What do Firms Want?

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Gil Kalai

Here is another little sectionette from my book review  “Economics and Common Sense” on Steven Landsburg’s book “More sex is Safe Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics”, that just appeared on the AMS Notices site. Of course this topic can lead to a lovely … Continue reading →

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Is More Sex Safe? A book review.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Gil Kalai

I was asked by the Notices of the AMS to review the book “More Sex is Safe Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom  of Econmics” by Steven E. Landsburg.  My review entitled “Economics and Common Sense”, will appeared in the June/July issue of the Notices and … Continue reading →

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