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 Question from Calvin, a student: I never enjoyed and understood the point in doing maths at high school. At college I studied Engineering and the mathematics was never covered to the level that I wanted. I want to study and fully understand and master mathematics by myself, and hence I would like a recommendation on which mathematics book I should bye. I want to understand and master every concept from logic,reasoning,axioms to algebra,calculus up to and including the latest mathematical fields and concepts. So would you please recommend a book or books which may help me. Thank you for your time. Kind Regards

Calvin,

I really enjoyed Proofs from the Book'' by Agnier and Ziegler, a collection of nice proofs that belong to the book of God'' in Erdos' word. It covers many different topics, some are easy yet beautiful and others may take years to swallow, but on the whole I always thought that this was a book I would lend to someone bright who wanted to know more about what mathematics was about.

Claude

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