The Lakatos book is a great introduction to mathematical thinking in that it shows the importance of definitions - how even simple definitions are malleable and can be changed to properly handle special cases. All the details are discussed in human-readable prose without formulas more complicated than simple addition.
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Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery
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