A mathematician's survival guide
by Steven G. Krantz · first published 2003
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"When you are a young mathematician, graduate school marks the first step toward a career in mathematics. During this period, you will make important decisions which will affect the rest of your career. This book is a detailed guide to help you navigate graduate school and the years that follow. -- Publisher description
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…various topics and applications. If one were to like what they see, then perhaps one should investigate further. In a similar topic, if someone is considering a career in mathematics, I like the book, "A Mathematician's Survival Guide: Graduate School and Early Career Development." It applies to both pure and applied mathematicians, but it does a good job of walking through undergraduate studies all of the way to being a professor.…
on “The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics” ↗There are several mentions of math courses in this thread, so I'll bring up some examples of academic politics found in the book A Mathematician's Survival Guide: Graduate School and Early Career Development. http://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Survival-Guide-Graduate... The author, a math professor, points out that a department has to keep up its enrollments…
on “Adrift in the Slow Lane of Learning” ↗