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by yogabzzz 4324 days ago
I can't recommend Euclid's "Elements" with enough emphasis. It really is an amazing book. It gives you a set of ~20 definitions, 10 axioms and then goes on for hundreds of pages constructing proofs using those axioms and the theorems derived from them. All the bullshit and fluff I've seen in standard geometry textbooks is missing... for the reader's benefit.