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Jan 10, 2019 Rida Hamadani rated it it was amazing

I was a high school freshman when I read this book, it is excellent!
I struggled as the pace of formalization of concepts accelerated, but with reading repetition, I grasped the wonderful ideas.
It is for those people who are very excited about pure mathematics, and can't help but ask abstract questions all the time, such as "what is a number?".
Probably the introduction to formal mathematics!

Nov 28, 2011 Erickson rated it it was amazing

Very interesting and detailed in the proofs and explanations. However, for my standard, I need to read it again to gain fuller understanding. That's how I see this book. Very interesting and detailed in the proofs and explanations. However, for my standard, I need to read it again to gain fuller understanding. That's how I see this book. ...more

Dec 15, 2018 Indee3 rated it did not like it

I really struggled to read this book. I understood maybe 20-30% of it. I often found that using additional things suh as youtube videos and wikipedia helped me to understand concepts but to me that defeats the purpose of having a single textbook to learn these ideas and i didnt always have intermet acess.

As someone who is a total begginer to university level maths I didnt think this book was of great benefit, im going to try some online moocs and other books whoch cover the same topics and when

As someone who is a total begginer to university level maths I didnt think this book was of great benefit, im going to try some online moocs and other books whoch cover the same topics and when I do ill make sure to link/review them

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Very challenging.... But useful still. Should've really done the exercises at the end of each chapter though Very challenging.... But useful still. Should've really done the exercises at the end of each chapter though ...more

Ian Nicholas Stewart is an Emeritus Professor and Digital Media Fellow in the Mathematics Department at Warwick University, with special responsibility for public awareness of mathematics and science. He is best known for his popular science writing on mathematical themes.
--from the author's website

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