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I always liked Lockhart's Lament https://maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf https://maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsLame... It makes a very different point about teaching, or learning/discovering math, not writing about math.