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It's somehow became trend to make statements that there hasn't been good physics/math/etc books in the past and that's why many are so bad at these subjects. Pe
by obscurette 2y ago
It's somehow became trend to make statements that there hasn't been good physics/math/etc books in the past and that's why many are so bad at these subjects. Perelman is a very good counterargument to use with everyone grown up in Soviet Union. His books are really legendary among 50+ people and I still have all of them on my book shelf.
- 082349872349872 2y agoany other gems from https://archive.org/details/mir-titles https://archive.org/details/mir-titles ?
- the-mitr 2y agoYou can look for other works by Perelman in the collection. Also there are several popular science/mathematics books. I am the maintainer/curator of the mirtitles blog
- 082349872349872 2y agoधन्यवाद, looking through VA Uspensky and PS Alexandroff currently.
- the-mitr 2y ago> with everyone grown up in Soviet Union. also in India. Generations of people have been inspired by his books.
- impossiblefork 2y agoI've actually seen the opposite trend: that modern textbooks are bad, and therefore the students are as well. I thought the quality of many of these old Soviet books was well known. Gel'fand's Algebra, for example.