Elements of Mathematics
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Elements of Mathematics
John Stillwell
5 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2019–2025.
What people on Hacker News said
Discusses some important classical problems in the history of mathematics taken from 8 subjects: arithmetic, computation, algebra, geometry, calculus, combinatorics, probability, logic.
Elements of Mathematics by John Stillwell is a broad overview of subjects. It has a crisp mathematical feel to it.
The Topics are particularly well chosen given modern advances; they include Arithmetic, Computation, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, Combinatorics, Probability, Logic.
But there are some books that offer a similar perspective to what Feynman tried to achieve, IMHO. I would recommend to look at works by John Stillwell, for example 'Elements of mathematics' or 'Mathematics and its history'.
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