Ask HN: What is your favorite introductory-level textbook?

Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite introductory-level textbook? by kjander79 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:11PM (#27848026)

I love introductory textbooks. Some of my favorites:

"Starting Forth" - Leo Brodie

"Computer Science, Logo-Style" series - Brian Harvey

"Algebra", "Functions and Graphs", "Methods of Coordinates", "Trigonometry" - I.M. Gelfand (does anyone know if he completed his Geometry textbook? I've never seen it. I've also never seen his "Calculus" or "Combinatorics" books, although I know they exist. I suspect his "Combinatorics" book is more advanced than he intended to produce.)

"Sage for Undergraduates" - Gregory Bard

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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite introductory-level textbook? by amativos on Thursday July 22, 2021 @07:06PM (#27925409)

Late reply, but Gelfand's geometry textbook was published [0] in 2020. I think it was completed by his colleagues after his death in 2009. The calculus [1] and combinatorics [2] books are also in print.

[0] https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781071602973

[1] https://store.doverpublications.com/0486414485.html

[2] https://store.doverpublications.com/0486425665.html

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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite introductory-level textbook? by kjander79 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @08:46PM (#27926090)

Thank you for pointing me to these.

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