Reviews for Math skills for the sciences

The average rating for Math skills for the sciences based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-16 00:00:00 Michelle Shifflett Every so often I go for a dig through my books and make a point of heading to the back of the shelves (the down side I guess of having to double stack my book shelves). However it does mean I get to stumble across books I had forgotten about - or at least do not look at every day. And so I came across my collection of Isaac Asimov books. I guess for me this was the start of my fascination with classic science fiction and the the desire to try and collect all of an authors work (which typically for me I chose one of the most prolific and hardest authors to start with). Anyway here I am with a number of books - now I will admit that these have been read over a number of days but as usual I leave everything (or at least everything on here) to the last minute. So what of the book - this is the second in the series of Black Widowers - now I could explain where the idea of these stories came from and how it was based on a real life club Asimov was a member of and how he wanted to celebrate the art of the short story (something he always was eager to promote) but I am sure I have said all this before and to be honest even if I had not then Asimov does it far better in his own introductions. But what of the stories - well the are all neatly presented criminal brainteasers where the solution is both simple and unpacked. I will admit that the stories do feel at times formulaic but you have to (okay I do at least) have to recognise the story telling ability and how as you finish one you get pulled in to the next story. Now I wonder where the rest of the series is hiding.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-06-11 00:00:00 Karl Duerr This is at least the third time I've read this book. I hadn't planned on re-reading it, but it was at hand when I was stuck waiting to pick up my father at the airport, so.... This contains my favorite Black Widowers story, "Nothing Like Murder", one that John H. Jenkins (my choice for the web's best expert on Asimov's writings) hates so much that he goes out of his way to spoil it ;-). I really like the story because Manny Rubin's moment of epiphany mirrored mine when I read the story the first time. I don't care for some of the other stories (e.g., "The Unabridged" seems awfully contrived, and "Earthset and Evening Star" doesn't work as well in print as it would if it were read aloud or dramatized) but some of the others, especially "The Ultimate Crime", are quite fun. (Finished 2008-02-08 0:35ET)