John H. Saxon Jr., a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and the company’s founder, wrote the book at his dining room table with Mr. Wang, then a teenager.

My wife looked at the Saxon math books at one point & I think she came to the same conclusion as everyone else. <BR> Here are some reviews of Singapore Math.

Even five years after his death, mathematics textbook publisher John Saxon still drives educators crazy. Just check the level of angst about his books at Fairfax County school headquarters this week.