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		adalacelove 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “A Course of Pure Mathematics” – G. H. Hardy (1921... Nice book. For another old but excellent math book I recommend Geometry and the Imagination by David Hilbert. No gutenberg remake I'm afraid, maybe because of the numerous (and incredibly high quality) illustrations.

mayd 3 days ago [–]

David Hilbert and Stefan Cohn-Vossen.

adalacelove 3 days ago | [–]

True. I was citing from memory and only recalled the most famous author.

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