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2017-06-18 · 834 points · 78 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. 1

    Calculus

    Spivak

    1 here · 99 all-time · #30 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187 ratings on Amazon
  2. 1

    Deep Learning

    Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

    1 here · 47 all-time · #94 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 2,395 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Linear Algebra Done Right

    Sheldon Axler

    1 here · 36 all-time · #142 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 736 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1Abstract Algebra

    Abstract Algebra

    Dummit and Foote

    1 here · 13 all-time · #498 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 258 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1A Mind for Numbers

    A Mind for Numbers

    Barbara Oakley

    1 here · 11 all-time · #561 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,906 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1Engineering Mathematics

    Engineering Mathematics

    Stroud

    1 here · 10 all-time · #675 overall

  7. 1Classical Mechanics

    Classical Mechanics

    John R. Taylor

    1 here · 9 all-time · #721 overall

  8. 1Probability

    Probability

    Pitman

    1 here · 8 all-time · #838 overall

  9. 1Mathematics for the million

    Mathematics for the million

    Lancelot Hogben

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1179 overall

  10. 1Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning

    Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning

    Peter J. Eccles

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1215 overall

  11. 1Mathematical Proofs

    Mathematical Proofs

    Chartrand

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1288 overall

  12. 1Foundations of Machine Learning

    Foundations of Machine Learning

    Shalev-Shwartz, Ben-David

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2121 overall