Number
by Tobias Dantzig, Joseph Mazur
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100% recommend
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by Tobias Dantzig, Joseph Mazur
100% recommend
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To add to the suggestions here, "Number" by Tobias Dantzig is absolutely a wonderful history of mathematics. I mean, shoot, it's actually got a quote from Einstein: "This is beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics…
on “A Mathematician’s Lament (2002) [pdf]” ↗The true eye-opener for me was reading Number - The Language of Science by Tobias Dantzig. The philosophy part of math as an abstraction layer for what is observed or deducted was a nice touch.
on “Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learning how to think” ↗