Which textbook is good on a given topic depends on the student’s current level, and more importantly on what exactly do you want to learn. “Math”?.. A couple of random suggestions that appealed to me aesthetically, but YMMV:
F. W. Lawvere & S. H. Schanuel (1991). Conceptual mathematics: a first introduction to categories. Buffalo Workshop Press, Buffalo, NY, USA.
S. Mac Lane & G. Birkhoff (1999). Algebra. American Mathematical Society, 3 edn.
If the Simple Math of Everything were a real text book, I’d read that. But I’ve gathered calculus is the right place to start. Probability theory would be next, I guess.
...reading textbooks?
I’m looking for specific advice. Do you know of good text books?
Which textbook is good on a given topic depends on the student’s current level, and more importantly on what exactly do you want to learn. “Math”?.. A couple of random suggestions that appealed to me aesthetically, but YMMV:
F. W. Lawvere & S. H. Schanuel (1991). Conceptual mathematics: a first introduction to categories. Buffalo Workshop Press, Buffalo, NY, USA.
S. Mac Lane & G. Birkhoff (1999). Algebra. American Mathematical Society, 3 edn.
(Both can be found on Kad.)
What, specifically, do you want to learn?
If the Simple Math of Everything were a real text book, I’d read that. But I’ve gathered calculus is the right place to start. Probability theory would be next, I guess.