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Re:Letter to a Young Haskell Enthusiast by waffle_ss on Friday August 01, 2014 @11:08AM (#8120328)
Here's a curated list of Haskell-related books from Rein Henrichs: http://reinh.com/notes/posts/2014-07-25-recommended-reading-...

I've seen "Conceptual Mathematics" recommended by several people for learning Category Theory.

Re:Letter to a Young Haskell Enthusiast by rrradical on Friday August 01, 2014 @11:17AM (#8120400)
I'm reading that right now. It's a very gentle introduction, and I do recommend it. I looked at some other books but they were very dense with notation that I hadn't seen since college. Conceptual Mathematics doesn't really presume any prior knowledge, so even if it's a little slow in some parts, it's helping me get back up to speed.
Re:Letter to a Young Haskell Enthusiast by tel on Friday August 01, 2014 @11:56AM (#8120760)
I was quite possibly one of them! I recommend Conceptual Mathematics at every opportunity. It's a wonderful first CT book. Aluffi is a bit more ambitious in scope—you leave with a broader understanding of abstract algebra at large as interpreted through CT when useful.