I just found out Mary Boas, author of a textbook that truly advanced my understanding of mathematics both in reading it and tackling its problems, died last year. Indeed I can’t think of a better book with to learn mathematics from beyond an elementary high school level. I truly can’t convey how awesome it is. My sister, whose been studying Chemistry at Oxford for the past few years told me that physics undergrads there swear by it. Boas was a true giant, and and probably is responsible for teaching half of physics and engineering undergrads the core of the mathematics they’ve learned.
The book is titled “Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences.”
Another book that I’d recommend, especially one that teaches you to think more originally as mathematician(and by extension I think any kind of genuine researcher), is Mathematical Puzzling by A. Gardiner(who I actually had the chance of meeting and studying under once at my previous university).
(Indeed some of you might notice this is the source of the quote by Alexander Zinoviev under every post of mine)
Perhaps one day somebody can write Praxeological puzzling…
In any case I leave this to the floor. Would anyone like to add books in other noneconomic subjects that truly help advanced your development and understanding of the subject and that you’d like to recommend to others?
