Luck Versus Skill: The Role of Chance in Economic Success SIAM NewsBook Reviews Jim Case reviews economist Robert Frank's new book, Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy.
ENIAC: The First Electronic Computer’s Place in History SIAM NewsBook Reviews Ernest Davis reviews ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer, by Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, and Crispin Rope.
Nautical Numbers SIAM NewsBook Reviews Ernie Davis reviews "Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers" by Tamara Plakins Thornton.
Will AI Make Jobs Obsolete? SIAM NewsBook Reviews James Case reviews Martin Ford’s Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.
Villani's "Birth of a Theorem" SIAM NewsBook Reviews Robert McCann reviews Cedric Villani’s newly-translated book, Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure.