Ask HN: Recommend a maths book for a teenager?

I appreciated getting from maths to CS with Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Godel Escher Bach is a good place to start.

I read it when I was 16 and it was just wonderful. I can also recommend it.

Godel, Escher, Bach. That belongs on everyone's bookshelf.

I think "Gödel, Escher, Bach" is the perfect book.

I'd recommend Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofsteader.

"Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" should be read by everybody to understand how Computers really work.

Polya - How to Solve it

The Spivak book is a good suggestion and might be a little difficult depending on their actual background.

Spivak's Calculus as an intro would be an interesting start

like Spivak's Calculus

Spivak's calculus you bring to the beach and read it between swim and swim.

I have been enjoying working through Spivak's Calculus.

Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Third Edition.

Linear Algebra Done Right

Very nicely written, possibly the best math book I've read

I think I'd have been most excited about the Princeton Companion to Mathematics as a birthday present.

"The Annotated Turing" is a great book.

I used them both in my course and didn't find myself referring to VCA much

Visual Complex Analysis.

James Gleick - Chaos: Making a New Science