Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

Why it’s on the list: Timothy Gowers’s short introduction to what mathematics is and how mathematicians think — the book the septivium list picked as the best introduction to the subject.

Where I heard about it

• David Perell — on the septivium list of best introductory books he shared, where it is the pick for mathematics; I flagged it as one of the most interesting names on the list, April 2020.

Connections

• David Perell — shared the list: Hidden gem alert! Here’s a… (tweet) (saved verbatim), pointing at the septivium source http://www.septivium.com/b/2009/05/07/mefi/.
• Saved on April 17th, 2020.