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Classic Mathematics Books for Lifelong Learners ↗

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2019-02-16 · 191 points · 56 comments · 12 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 5What Is Mathematics?

    What Is Mathematics?

    Richard Courant

    5 here · 6 all-time · #250 overall

  2. 2How to Solve It

    How to Solve It

    George Pólya

    2 here · 16 all-time · #60 overall

  3. 2Concrete Mathematics

    Concrete Mathematics

    Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik

    2 here · 14 all-time · #80 overall

  4. 2Principles of Mathematical Analysis

    Principles of Mathematical Analysis

    Walter Rudin

    2 here · 6 all-time · #224 overall

  5. 2Everything and More

    Everything and More

    David Foster Wallace

    2 here · 3 all-time · #624 overall

  6. 1

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    1 here · 27 all-time · #17 overall

  7. 1Mathematics

    Mathematics

    Timothy Gowers

    1 here · 7 all-time · #182 overall

  8. 1The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

    The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

    Timothy Gowers

    1 here · 7 all-time · #198 overall

  9. 1How to Prove It

    How to Prove It

    Daniel J. Velleman

    1 here · 5 all-time · #276 overall

  10. 1A Brief History of Time

    A Brief History of Time

    Stephen Hawking

    1 here · 5 all-time · #300 overall

  11. 1Our Mathematical Universe

    Our Mathematical Universe

    Max Tegmark

    1 here · 5 all-time · #303 overall

  12. 1Journey Through Genius

    Journey Through Genius

    William Dunham

    1 here · 3 all-time · #461 overall