I discovered Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers in the summer of 2003 at my local library. At the time I was a high school student taking a summer Algebra 2 class in order to be able to take calculus my senior year for college admissions purposes. This book instilled in me a love for mathematics, even if I sometimes struggled with the topic.
Just a few hours ago my copy of Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning just arrived; I bought this book as a reference of undergraduate-level math concepts based on Hacker News recommendations since I'm right now in the process of reviewing undergraduate-level math to strengthen my understanding of deep learning fundamentals. I had the opportunity to glance through this book, and I wish I had discovered this book when I was in high school or during my undergraduate years; it appears to be an excellent, more technical companion to Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers.
Given the direction in my career (I went from focusing on systems software to deep learning and data mining), I wish I had majored in mathematics as an undergraduate instead of computer science. I'm able to pick up computer science concepts rather quickly, but mathematics requires more effort for me. A part of me almost wants to do an online second bachelor's in math, but right now I use some of my spare time studying math.
They are extracted from my books, but can be used to support learning from any other book too. I find it helps a lot to think about the connections and parallels between concepts, and also use the concept maps as a "spec" to know when you've covered all the material.
Just a few hours ago my copy of Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning just arrived; I bought this book as a reference of undergraduate-level math concepts based on Hacker News recommendations since I'm right now in the process of reviewing undergraduate-level math to strengthen my understanding of deep learning fundamentals. I had the opportunity to glance through this book, and I wish I had discovered this book when I was in high school or during my undergraduate years; it appears to be an excellent, more technical companion to Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers.
Given the direction in my career (I went from focusing on systems software to deep learning and data mining), I wish I had majored in mathematics as an undergraduate instead of computer science. I'm able to pick up computer science concepts rather quickly, but mathematics requires more effort for me. A part of me almost wants to do an online second bachelor's in math, but right now I use some of my spare time studying math.