ColinWright

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ColinWright · Jun 18, 2018
I've read them all multiple times, and go back to them again and again.
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ColinWright · Feb 11, 2020
NAND to Tetris?
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ColinWright · Jun 18, 2018
The Princess Bride, by William Goldman. I found the book after I saw the film, and it was a revelation that even the action sequences are better in the book.
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ColinWright · Jul 3, 2020
A second suggestion: "A Companion to Analysis" by Tom Körner.
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ColinWright · Jul 3, 2020
For a single suggestion, "How to Think Like a Mathematician" by Kevin Houston.
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