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- Math with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin - Infinite Powers and The Joy of X by Steven Strogatz - Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter (Avoiding text books as one's
by rg111 4y ago
- Math with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin
- Infinite Powers and The Joy of X by Steven Strogatz
- Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter
(Avoiding text books as one's mileage might vary, and having fun depends on the readers' levels as well.)
- 082349872349872 4y agoAlas, Strogatz has made one of the (many edifying and entertaining) footnotes from Körner's The Pleasures of Counting obsolete: > David Tranah ... suggested that a different title would help [sales]. For once, I did not take his advice and the title The Joy of x remains available. (to understand this locution it may help to know that, in a more prudish century, The Joy of Sex made a big impression when it came on the scene)
- jamessb 4y agoOther maths books with similar puns in the title include: * The Joy of TeX: A Gourmet Guide to Typesetting with the AMS-TeX Macro Package * The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory * X and the City: Modeling Aspects of Urban Life