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Re:Ask HN: What kind of math do you study in your free time? by melling on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:15PM (#23491693)
“History of Mathematics"

Anyone have good book recommendations?

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Re:Ask HN: What kind of math do you study in your free time? by snicker7 on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:38PM (#23491949)
"Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke" by Vladimir Arnold (would literally recommend any of his books).
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Re:Ask HN: What kind of math do you study in your free time? by orange3xchicken on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:22PM (#23491758)
I just finished The Nothing That Is - it was alright. The illustrations were cool, but the writing and content were only okay imo.

I really enjoyed Fermat's Last Theorem.

I've also heard good things about

- Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

- Journey Through Genius

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Re:Ask HN: What kind of math do you study in your free time? by eigenvalue on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:16PM (#23491708)
The World of Mathematics by James R. Newman is a classic, filled with great biographies and short essays about various parts of math.
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Re:Ask HN: What kind of math do you study in your free time? by Koshkin on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:04PM (#23492246)
Stillwell's Mathematics and Its History.
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Re:Ask HN: What kind of math do you study in your free time? by joycian on Thursday June 11, 2020 @04:33PM (#23493032)
Seconding this. His other books are great as well (Reverse Mathematics, Naive Lie Theory). Great writer.
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