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by drmoldawer 5697 days ago
I'd definitely recommend Godel, Escher, Bach by Doug Hofstadter. Not just about mathematics, but fascinating.

Also, anything by Martin Gardner.
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Darmani 5697 days ago
GEB is excellent as a pop-science/pop-philosophy book, but (like most pop-sci books) it's terrible for actually learning any subject. You need more than one proof every 200 pages.
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kaens 5697 days ago
Yup. It gave me a nice intro to formal systems / number theory iirc. Intro only though, and it was only a small part of the book.
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