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mnutt · 2011-02-12
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I have very fond memories from when I was 9 or 10 about a book called I Hate Mathematics: http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Paper-School-book-Mathematics/dp...
It was the thing that really made math fun for me. So sure, stop telling kids that "math is fun", but don't stop trying to make it interesting; it's definitely possible.
Burns, Marilyn (1975) I hate Mathematics Book, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. https://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Brown-Paper-School-Books/...
Mathematics, philosophy, music, molecular biology/biochemistry, computer science, visual art, poetry, cognitive science:
Hofstadter, Douglas R. (1979) Gödel, Escher, Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid. New York, NY: Basic Books. ("GEB")
Computer Science:
Abelson, Harold and Gerald Jay Sussmann (1984) Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ("SICP")
Stoll, Clifford (1989) The Cuckoo's Egg. New York, NY: Doubleday.
Linguistics:
McCrum, Robert, Robert MacNeil, William Cran (1986). The Story of English. New York, NY: Viking. https://archive.org/details/storyofenglish000mccr
Accounting: n/a