Mathematicians in Love Book

The problem about reading a book about mathematicians is that, well, it's about math. The math is handled in a Lewis Carroll sort of way, with plenty of metaphors to explain the complicated concepts, but at times I almost wished there would be a page or two of technobabble rather than another metamorphosis of the teakettle and the rake.

The love story, which is supposedly the whole reason these math graduates are traveling through parallel dimensions, falls flat. The woman the protagonist is in love/lust with is a waste of breathable air; there's no reason why he wouldn't be just as happy -- or happier -- with the bass player in his band. And without understanding that central motivation, you're more or less just there for the ride ... which is fine, in a slightly broadening perspective sort of way, but not as excellent as I had hoped.