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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 (#21349053)
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).
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Re:Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's le... by ArtWomb on Friday October 25, 2019 @09:09AM (#21354552)
>>> 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-...

https://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/

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