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2021-06-06 · 506 points · 104 comments · 6 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.

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    Calculus

    Spivak

    1 here · 99 all-time · #30 overall

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

    Linear Algebra

    Strang

    1 here · 60 all-time · #62 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 48 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Algorithms

    Robert Sedgewick

    1 here · 49 all-time · #89 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 876 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1Calculus Made Easy

    Calculus Made Easy

    Francis Weston Sears

    1 here · 22 all-time · #271 overall

    Buy on Amazon3.7 out of 5, 191 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms

    Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms

    MacKay

    1 here · 12 all-time · #515 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 191 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1Electric Circuits

    Electric Circuits

    James Nilsson

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1941 overall