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Some of the books that you mention seem a bit too hard for a teen, so you have to be careful not to demotivate them by expecting too much of them; instead i sug
by rramadass 6y ago
Some of the books that you mention seem a bit too hard for a teen, so you have to be careful not to demotivate them by expecting too much of them; instead i suggest a simpler approach before tackling the big ones;
* Functions and Graphs by Gelfand et al. - A small but great book to develop intuition.
* Who is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure - A great "manga type" book to build important concepts from first principles
* Concepts of Modern Mathematics by Ian Stewart - A nice overview in simple language.
* Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning by Kolmogorov et al. - A broad but concise presentation of a lot of mathematics.
* Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics by Richard Hamming - A very good applied maths book. All of Hamming's books are recommended.
There are of course plenty more but the above should be good for understanding.
- auxym 6y agoJust wanted to chime in regarding Concepts of modern mathematics. Really enjoyed reading it when I was in college. It's not a textbook, just a prose book for enjoyable reading, but it's inspirational and a very interesting overview of the field of mathematics.
- jerzyt 6y agoAnother vote for Ian Stewart's book, or any other of his books. I discovered them at the end of high school and devoured them during the summer before college. Did I just admit I was a nerd? Tough. I'm proud of it.