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Aaronson Reviews Princeton Companion to Mathematics

http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=384

by kurtosis • 17 years ago

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pkrumins• 17 years ago

I have this book in my amazon wishlist: http://tinyurl.com/ag2gog :)

greendestiny• 17 years ago

I love this book. The best thing about dispelling some of my ignorance has been taking some of those absurd half formed, completely misinterpreted ideas I had and replacing them with actual understanding. God knows what I thought Rings, Fields and Groups were before I read this book, but now I at least have a basic understanding.

A friend of a friend found a pre-print copy in a torrent.

RiderOfGiraffes• 17 years ago

See also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=406885

There is a much longer discussion there dating from over a month ago.

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