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Would love if you could name some books that teach like that, since we can't get you as a teacher.
by newsoul 4y ago
Would love if you could name some books that teach like that, since we can't get you as a teacher.
- travisjungroth 4y agoIt doesn't go into specific stories but it does explain the process: How to Solve It by George Pólya.
- rootforce 4y agoI’m a fan of Mathematics for the Nonmathematician [1] [1] https://a.co/d/grHB5he https://a.co/d/grHB5he
- saityi 4y agoI thought William Dunham's Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics did a great job of presenting the very real people and world behind several of results from history, from 400 BC (Hippocrates' Quadrature of the Lune) to recent-ish times (Cantor's transfinites). There's discussions of feuds between mathematicians, how they used to keep results secret and literally duel over ideas (e.g. Cardano's chapter), the historical context and lives of the people who brought theorems into being (like Newton tasting his own chemicals as part of his alchemical research!), etc.