What are some books that would help me appreciate the beauty of Maths?

>>8918581
Text books obviously.

You can find recommendations in the wiki.

>>8918581

Try reading biographies of famous mathematicians.

>>8918615
That wont teach you about the beauty of maths...

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>>8918625

Worked for me.

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If you want to experience mathematical beauty like the most autismal mathematicians do, then you have to learn mathematics. Any book that says it's gonna teach you how to appreciate the beauty of mathematics is lying. Take "real" math courses (everything above, and including, real analysis and algebra).

Imagining some guy who knows fuck all about mathematics reading about a book about mathematical beauty gave me a kekkity kek mental image. You do you, OP.

>>8918649
No it didn't.

You dont learn about functional analysis by reading about Banach, maybe you get a rough Idea, but that is like claiming that numberphile made you understand mathematics, or any other pop-sci thing made you understand science.

Which is simply wrong.

>>8918857

We're not talking about learning the nitty gritty of math dude we're talking about learning to appreciate mathematics.

Godel, Escher, Bach
read it nigga

There is nothing beautiful about jewish abstractionism designed to keep autistic people occupied.

>>8918581
i think 'calculus' by michael spivak does a great job of this. so does pugh's real analysis and ahlfors' complex analysis. the latter are fairly advanced though.
hardy's intro to number theory is also a good one and doesn't really require a lot of prerequisites.

>>8918581
The Shape of Space by Weeks.

Godel, Escher, Bach
https://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6del-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495157177&sr=8-1&keywords=Godel%2C+Escher%2C+Bach

>>8919269
>We're not talking about learning the nitty gritty of math dude we're talking about learning to appreciate mathematics.
They are EXACTLY the same thing.

You get a heavily distorted and very limited view. From that you can't make any claims about beauty.