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> For an even more basic introduction I'd recommend starting with Lawvere and Schanuel's Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories. Requires less abstract algebra. If you have some mathematical intuition then this is the book to start with.

It's a great book! Don't forget to do the exercises. It starts off very easy but if you don't do the exercises all of a sudden you'll be lost.



This is generally good advice for all maths study, of course: "mathematics is not a spectator sport".




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