Archive for September 28th, 2005

Serge Lang and his books

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

As probably most of you have heard by this point, Serge Lang has passed away. He is most famous for his very many math textbooks. My impression was that most people were not fans of his books, but the discussion at Not Even Wrong was much more positive. What do you think? Have you read any of his books? Liked them? Hated them?

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