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I was in the same boat a year ago and went to a mathematics professor teacher and he suggested this book: Conceptual Mathematics by Lawvere[1] The book teache
by elviejo 5y ago
I was in the same boat a year ago and went to a mathematics professor teacher and he suggested this book:
Conceptual Mathematics by Lawvere[1]
The book teaches category theory to, smart, highschool students.
It's a great start.
After that I went with:
Category Theory for Programmers
by Bartosz Milewski [2]
Next I would go with anything by David Spivak.
Now I understand that:
A monad is not scary, it's just a monoid in the category of endofuctors" ;)
[1] https://www.amazon.com/-/es/F-William-Lawvere/dp/052171916X https://www.amazon.com/-/es/F-William-Lawvere/dp/052171916X
[2]https://www.blurb.com/b/9621951-category-theory-for-programmers-new-edition-hardco https://www.blurb.com/b/9621951-category-theory-for-programm...
- cosmicocean 5y agoIMO, David Spivak's book[0] is much less technical than anything coming from Bartosz Milewski. In fact, I think Spivak's book is simpler than that of Lawvere. If you know a little naive set theory, Spivak's book is a breeze. [0] Talking about the one "for scientists".