Nathan Kellerman

Statistics Ph.D. student @ UConn

Math books

I list here a selection of mathematically/computationally flavored readings (i.e. "math books") I've recently spent time with. I gladly welcome discussion of the ideas discussed in these titles, as well as any reccomendations!

2026—

  • The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values (Brian Christian)
  • Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Karen Hao)
  • *Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas Hofstadter)
  • The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Simon Singh)
  • It All Adds Up: The Story of People and Mathematics (Mickaël Launay)


*Currently reading.