Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le...
by hdrujvw-4579 on Thursday October 24, 2019 @04:33PM
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We used that book for a course and I found it among my less favourite ones. its been a few years since I used it, but I remember it shallow and uninspiring. not trying to start an argument here, maybe just an outlier opinion since this seems a standard textbook.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le...
by UncleSlacky on Thursday October 24, 2019 @04:54PM
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It was one of my course books as well, but I think it's aimed at the American market and style of learning/presentation. I much preferred Stroud's "Engineering Mathematics" which was a course book for engineers at my university (I studied physics).
Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le...
by ArtWomb on Friday October 25, 2019 @09:09AM
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>>> aimed at the American style of learning
Ouch! Boas is maybe not as inspiring as Feynman. But when you see a copy on someone's bookshelf. It tends to be just as dog-eared and spine-cracked as Surely You're Joking
Another resource I just thought of. While not a textbook per se. Math competition problems from previous years can be very stimulating ;)
https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/pastpapers/past-ia-ib-...