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I second this! Gardner would be something more recreational and fun than a lot else out there. The Colossal Book of Mathematics is a good way to get a lot in on
by pjungwir 6y ago
I second this! Gardner would be something more recreational and fun than a lot else out there. The Colossal Book of Mathematics is a good way to get a lot in one place. The Night is Large is also great but less math-focused.
I don't see any recommendations for Smullyan yet. The Lady or the Tiger is the classic I think, but I really loved Forever Undecided.
- pjungwir 6y agoI thought of a few others that are "fun": - The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold - Quantum Computing since Democritus by Scott Aaronson - Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries by Marvin Jay Greenberg (a textbook, but an easy one to read on your own) - Gödel's Proof by Nagel and Newman (best if he can read it with a partner and talk through the steps) - Prime Obsession by John Derbyshire Some of those have already been mentioned, but consider this another vote for them. :-)