Concepts of modern mathematics
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Read on Hacker News…om that thread: http://www.springer.com/physics/book/978-0-306-45036-5 http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Short-Introduction-Timothy... I agree with the recommendation of An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning in this thread. Another participant has already recommended my favorite for background reading, Concepts of Modern Mathematics by Ian Stewart. http://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Modern-Mathematics-Ian-Stewar... Get that right away. Sawyer's A Mathematician's Delight is surely also good (I've read other books by Sawyer). http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0486462404/ Read those for background as you get my favorite overviews of mathematics: Basic Mathematics by Serge Lang and Numbers and Geometry by Joseph Stillwell. http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Mathematics-Serge-Lang/dp/038796... (Basic Mathematics is mostly high school level math, wit…
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Read on Hacker NewsSome favorites about mathematics: Concepts of Modern Mathematics by Ian Stewart http://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Modern-Mathematics-Ian-Stewar... Numbers and Geometry by John Stillwell. http://www.amazon.com/Numbers-Geometry-John-Stillwell/dp/038... The Pleasures of Counting by T. W. Körner http://www.amazon.com/Pleasures-Counting-T-W-K%C3%B6rner/dp/... Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Gowers http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Short-Introduction-Timothy...
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