Best math book on Reddit
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#1
College Panda
4.8
(6)
"COLLEGE PANDA OR DR.CHUNG"
"College Panda and 1600.io are widely recommended."
"College panda SAT math book will be helpful for you!"
"College Panda."
"I like the college panda math book."
"I’m using the collegepanda 2nd edition book rn. 1/4th of the way through and it’s rlly helpful for me!"
#2
N/A
4.3
(6)
"Quanta The Prime Number Conspiracy is similar to the books you mentioned."
"I really like the book "A journey through genius"."
"Chance: A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, and Just About Everything Else."
"Prime Obsession is a pretty nice book."
"For best bet is to look up textbooks for students."
"The Moscow Puzzles Not sure if it hits the level of math you are seeking."
#3
Ian Stewart
5.0
(4)
"'Concepts of Modern Mathematics' by Ian Stewart is an amazing read."
"Ian Stewart's sequel, 'Flatterland', is also quite good."
"I can't recommend enough."
"I would go with the Stewart book for Calculus."
#4
Eugenia Cheng
5.0
(4)
"Any of Eugenia Cheng’s books are very entertaining. They make 'higher math' so accessible."
"Any of Eugenia Cheng’s books are very entertaining. They make 'higher math' so accessible."
"Any of Eugenia Cheng’s books are very entertaining. They make 'higher math' so accessible."
"Any of Eugenia Cheng’s books are very entertaining. They make 'higher math' so accessible."
#5
Khan Academy
5.0
(3)
"Khan Academy is good."
"Has everything. It is amazing and free."
"Keep practicing on Khan Academy"
#6
1600.io
5.0
(3)
"Go for the 1600.io Orange Books to help build up your Math skills."
"1600.io orange book is the best and most organized"
"1600.io math book"
#7
Kenneth Rosen
4.7
(3)
"Discrete mathematics and its applications by Kenneth Rosen."
"Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Kenneth Rosen."
"Rosen's Discrete Mathematics and Applications is good for the math fundamentals."
#8
The Number Devil
5.0
(2)
"My recommendation is *The Number Devil* by Hans Magnus Enzensberger."
"*The Number Devil* is great. It's written as a story, but is quite substantive."
#9
Knuth
5.0
(2)
"My favourites are 1. Concrete Mathematics by Graham, Patashnik and Knuth."
"Knuth. 'Concrete Mathematics.'"
#10
Matt Parker
5.0
(2)
"Any book by Matt Parker is a great choice. Personally though, I think 'Things To Make and do in the 4th Dimension' is best."
"Things to make and do in the 4th dimension by matt parker"
#11
Beast Academy
4.5
(2)
"Beast Academy books and software are perfect for that age."
"Adore Beast Academy because it’s all brain teasers and mental gymnastics."
#12
V. K. Balakrishnan
4.5
(2)
"I've been reading, 'Introductory Discrete Mathematics' by V. K . Balakrishnan."
"I've been reading, "Introductory Discrete Mathematics" by V. K . Balakrishnan."
#13
Math Mammoth
4.5
(2)
"LOVE IT & they have so many recommendations for extra help before each lesson."
"We used math mammoth for my 5 year old."
#14
Dieudonné
5.0
(1)
"Foundations of Modern Analysis by Dieudonné."
#15
Math with Bad Drawings
5.0
(1)
"My 11yo kid loves the What If books of course and Math Games with Bad Drawings"
#16
Murderous Maths
5.0
(1)
"I loved the 'Murderous Maths' series as a kid, very much in the same vein as something like Horrible Histories."
#17
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
5.0
(1)
"There’s a channel on YouTube called The Organic Chemistry Tutor."
#18
Matt Boutte
5.0
(1)
"Matt Boutte has written a great Math guide explaining all the topics in short."
#19
Paul Lockhart
5.0
(1)
"Gödel, Escher, Bach. Measurement by Paul Lockhart."
#20
Mario Livio
5.0
(1)
"Is God A Mathematician by Mario Livio"
#21
Raymond Smullyan
5.0
(1)
"Raymond Smullyan's books"
#22
Malba Tahan
5.0
(1)
"Any book of Malba Tahan."
#23
Mathematics for Computer Science
5.0
(1)
"On a more serious note."
#24
3D Math Primer
5.0
(1)
"Is really good. It sounds exactly like what you are looking for :)"
#25
The Road to Reality
5.0
(1)
#26
Humble Pi
5.0
(1)
"Is really funny and gives good insight into how the human brain is wired to think about math."
#27
A Numerate Life
5.0
(1)
#28
John Mason
5.0
(1)
"Oh. I forgot one of the all time greats. Thinking Mathematically by John Mason."
#29
Kyle Gann
5.0
(1)
"Kyle Gann's The Arithmetic of Listening is also a popular one that he'd probably find interesting."
#30
Sethares
5.0
(1)
"Chris Forster's musical mathematics is gold, might inspire him to build his own instruments."
#31
Springer
5.0
(1)
"The best math book and the one that erased my highschool calculating knowledge."
#32
Ben Orlin
5.0
(1)
"Math with Bad Drawings is great by Ben Orlin."
#33
Julian Hook
5.0
(1)
"Oh and Julian Hook's Exploring Musical Spaces. Honestly very understandable to a precocious math kid."
#34
Professor Stewart
5.0
(1)
"Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities is nice."
#35
Logicomix
5.0
(1)
"I liked those two."
#36
Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
5.0
(1)
"I liked those two."
#37
Prime Obsession
5.0
(1)
"Never gets old."
#38
The Art of Problem Solving
5.0
(1)
"Maybe The Art of Problem Solving?"
#39
The Book of Mathematics
5.0
(1)
"It was just a fun book with some nice illustrations."
#40
The Code Book
5.0
(1)
"The Code Book by Simon Singh!"
#41
Beast Academy series
5.0
(1)
"If they're in grade school: Beast Academy series by AoPS, which is a set of very rigorous but fun comic book style math guides."
#42
Can You Solve My Problems?
5.0
(1)
"*Can You Solve My Problems?* is a lovely book of math problems and puzzles."
#43
Eddie Woo's Wonderful World of Maths
5.0
(1)
"Eddie Woo's Wonderful World of Maths is excellent."
#44
How to Prove It, A Structured Approach
5.0
(1)
"For proof, I'd recommend *How to Prove It, A Structured Approach* by Daniel J. Velleman."
#45
Topics in Algebra
5.0
(1)
"Two books that I own that I would strongly recommend"
#46
Course in Mathematical Analysis
5.0
(1)
"Pretty much all you need"
#47
John H Conway & Richard K Guy
5.0
(1)
"I recommend "The Book of Numbers" by John H Conway & Richard K Guy."
#48
Art of Problem Solving
5.0
(1)
"I might recommend some actual textbooks like Art of Problem Solving's Number Theory or Counting and Probability which are excellent for students who have had Algebra 1."
#49
William Dunham
5.0
(1)
""Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics" by William Dunham."
#50
Rosen
5.0
(1)
"There's a pretty good one by Rosen, I think it's just called "Discrete Math"."
#51
Paul J Nahin
5.0
(1)
""An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √–1" by Paul J Nahin."
#52
Peter Beckmann
5.0
(1)
""A History of Pi" by Peter Beckmann."
#53
Johnsonbaugh
5.0
(1)
"I really like Johnsonbaugh. It does a good job at explaining the topics with lots of good examples and problems."
#54
Princeton Science Library
4.0
(1)
"The Princeton Science Library publishes quite a few non-research expository mathematics books."
#55
College Board
4.0
(1)
"I would get the SAT book."
#56
Irwin Weiss
4.0
(1)
"I remember {{Zero to Zillions}} by Irwin Weiss being LOTS of fun for me at that age."
#57
Susanna Epp
4.0
(1)
"I think he would like a discrete math book."
#58
Bollobás
4.0
(1)
"Bollobás has a great text that's worth picking up."
#59
AOPS
4.0
(1)
"Aops books and khan academy"
#60
The Math Sorcerer
4.0
(1)
"A book on pre-algebra is probably what you need, but he has other suggestions for beginners."
#61
OpenStax
4.0
(1)
"I’ve been reading the free pre algebra book from openstax. I think it explains things pretty well"
#62
Turing’s Cathedral
4.0
(1)
"Is a fun book about the history of John von Neumann."
#63
Everything and More
4.0
(1)
"Was really interesting."
#64
MetaMath!
4.0
(1)
#65
Singapore Math
4.0
(1)
"Gattengo bppk one, rightstart math, or MEP math."
#66
Envision Math
4.0
(1)
#67
Humongous Book of Trig
4.0
(1)
"I like the Humongous books (Humongous Book of Trig, and Calculous). They are dirt cheap, and contain hundreds of problems and their solutions."
#68
Essential Calculus Skills Practice Workbook
4.0
(1)
"I also really like Essential Calculous Skills Practice Workbook by Chris McMullen. It's much thinner than the ones above but again, crammed with problems to solve and their solutions."
#69
How the Other Half Thinks
4.0
(1)
"How the other half thinks, Sherman Stein"
#70
Journey Through Genius
4.0
(1)
"Journey Through Genius, William Dunham"
#71
Chaos
4.0
(1)
"Chaos, James Gleick (A lay history book about this branch of mathematics.)"
#72
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
4.0
(1)
"The number devil, tales from the fourth dimension, Professor Stewarts cabinet of mathematical curiosities."
#73
Math Games with Bad Drawings
4.0
(1)
"Math Games with Bad Drawings (I love Ben Orlin’s other books but those probably only work chapter by chapter for 9 year olds)."
#74
Sir Cumference books
4.0
(1)
"There are the Sir Cumference books which teach math facts while telling stories about Knights."
#75
Fermat's Last Theorem
4.0
(1)
"I have heard that another book of his, 'Fermat's last theorem', is also good."
#76
Math in Bite-sized Chunks
4.0
(1)
"Math in a bite-sized chunks is quite good IMO."
#77
College Algebra
4.0
(1)
"To brush up on Algebra, I'd recommend *College Algebra* by Blitzer."
#78
Simmons’ Pre-Calculus
4.0
(1)
"For the overview of high school math I’d look at Simmons’ pre-calculus book."
#79
A Walk Through Combinatorics
4.0
(1)
"A walk through combinatorics - Bona."
#80
Aspects of Combinatorics
4.0
(1)
"Ranked from easiest to hardest: 1. Bryant, *Aspects of Combinatorics*. Very accessible."
#81
Calculus I
4.0
(1)
"I think it's a good introduction to calculus."
#82
Thomas Calculus
4.0
(1)
"Two good standard textbooks are thomas calculus and stewarts calculus."
#83
Stewart's Calculus
4.0
(1)
"Two good standard textbooks are thomas calculus and stewarts calculus."
#84
Introduction to Linear Algebra
4.0
(1)
"I like lang's introduction to linear algebra for linear algebra."
#85
RD Sharma
3.0
(1)
"I will be doing RD as well."
#86
Douglas West
3.0
(1)
"I used Douglas Wests Combinatorial Mathematics for a graduate level discrete math course."
#87
Arithmetic and Measurement
3.0
(1)
"Paul Lockhart's 'Arithmetic' and 'Measurement'."
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