Thinking Mathematically
by J. Mason, L. Burton, K. Stacey · first published 2011
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…spaced-repetition exercises for shoring up the calculation side of things, and giving the student some easy wins for confidence building (we typically use Saxon's material as a warmup before Beast Academy) 3. Thinking Mathematically (the one by J. Mason and L. Burton) has a unique and useful mental process for attacking hard problems when you're not handed a nice formula to plug things into. Once a week, we work through a hard problem…
on “Five-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus (2014)” ↗Get the book "Thinking Mathematically" (http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Mathematically-J-Mason/dp/020... non affiliate link) which exposes the process of how mathematicians think, using simple problems. You can then adapt the process to…
on “Ask HN: How can I discover math?” ↗…effectively. That usually pays dividends over time and ought to give you a significant advantage. Two good books on this: How to Solve It http://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-It-Mathematical-Princeton/dp... Thinking Mathematically http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Mathematically-J-Mason/dp/020... And if you want to get better at sitting maths-based exams, here's my own book, Exam Mastery: How to excel in maths-heavy exams : http://www.amazon.com/Exam-Mastery-excel-maths-heavy-ebook/d...…
on “Why there is no Hitchhiker’s Guide to Mathematics for Programmers” ↗Lot's of good books already here! In the same spirit as Polya's book "Thinking mathematically" by J. Mason, L. Burton and K. Stacey I learned a lot in the early days with Demidovich book on 5000 problems on mathematical analysis. Tom Apostol books on calculus, but for me his book on analytical…
on “Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?” ↗Came here to recommend Thinking Mathematically (text only) by J. Mason. If only every high school maths teacher had this book, the world would be a better place
on “Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?” ↗