Random Curves Journeys of a Mathematician

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)