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If you find this kind of thing compelling, I recommend 'Finding Moonshine' by Marcus Du Sautoy. I mostly enjoyed it for the anecdotes about John Conway, but in
by rwnspace 9y ago
If you find this kind of thing compelling, I recommend 'Finding Moonshine' by Marcus Du Sautoy. I mostly enjoyed it for the anecdotes about John Conway, but in any case, it's a good layperson book about mathematics, symmetry, monstrous objects and pretty things.