This post is a short review of the book The Great Archaeologists (2014, 304 pages), edited by Brian Fagan. The book is a collection of biographical portraits of about 70 pioneering archaeologists, written by prominent professionals in the field. Each entry is short (about 3-5 pages) and the book moves along at a clip. It's strength in my opinion is in the breadth of coverage it provides. I have listed some of the categories I enjoyed finding in the book. Usual suspects: The

The book reviewed in this post. This post is a review of the book Chasing (a) Conjecture (2025) by C. B. Khare. Khare, in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Wintenberger, solved a famous outstanding problem in mathematics, known as Serre's conjecture. The book details this quest for the popular reader (largely), but also contains a literary history of the author's personal and professional development as a mathematician. I thought the book was really well written (no ghost writer