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Re:Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only taken hig...
on Wednesday September 10, 2008 @01:33PM (#300572)
Steinhaus, Mathematical Snapshots
Polya, Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning
Pappas, The Joy of Mathematics
Gardner, The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
Winkler, Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection
Andrews, Number Theory (Dover Books on Advanced Mathematics)
- The last book is not really that advanced, It can be understood by most with an understanding through high school algebra II.