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Mathematics, form and function

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Mathematics, form and function
Saunders Mac Lane
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Mathematics, form and function

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For my 2 cents these are books I read in the past year and was very impressed with the clarity of the presentation. Theory of Computing. Michael Sipser. Introduction to Algorithms, by T. H. Corman, C. E. Leiserson, and R. L. Rivest How to design programs http://www.htdp.org/2003-09-26/Book/curriculum-Z-H-1.html#no... I think I will add something that I am interested in, it is not of interest to programmers, but heck, we are hackers! All the Math you missed: Thomas A Garrity Mathematics: Form and function. Mac Lane. These are the first 2 books I would buy if I am interested in math and want to know more. These books are simply index books. They go over the land mark concepts in mathematics along with the key theorems and how they evolved in the historical context. You will be surpriced at how obvious things took years for people to learn a…

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