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Are there any books that aren't lousy or is it truly universal?

• codetheweb 5y ago
  I did Art of Problem Solving in high school which has excellent textbooks. Certainly not for everyone though.
  • abrax3141 5y ago
    There are many many wonderful math books, and many many wonderful math resources on youtube. (As well as, of course, many many terrible ones!) I second AOPS! They have a fantastic series for younger kids called "Beast Academy" (https://beastacademy.com https://beastacademy.com), and their challenge problem sets are fantastic! The same blog has a couple of other posts about them: https://leosstemhacks.wordpress.com/2019/11/06/the-three-best-science-math-channels-on-youtube-and-one-video-from-each-that-will-blow-your-mind/ https://leosstemhacks.wordpress.com/2019/11/06/the-three-bes...
  • netr0ute 5y ago
    There's also Life of Fred which is definitely different to anything else out there.
• jabajabadu 5y ago
  Israel Gelfand wrote a number of amazing books covering many areas of high school math.
• bradrn 5y ago
  I enjoyed Measurement [0]. I was unsurprised when I eventually learnt that its author had previously written Lockhart’s Lament [1]. [0] https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?content=reviews&isbn=9780674284388 https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?content=reviews&isbn... [1] https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament....
• jtc331 5y ago
  The Singapore Math curriculum is fantastic.
• bmn__ 5y ago
  https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/xg3hXCYQPJkwHyik2/the-best-textbooks-on-every-subject https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/xg3hXCYQPJkwHyik2/the-bes...