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Pure Mathematics: A First Course Pure Mathematics: A First Course (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 152 ratings — published 1974
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Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,347 ratings — published 1995
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Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 64 ratings — published 1994
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Principles of Mathematical Analysis Principles of Mathematical Analysis (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,936 ratings — published 1964
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Topology Without Tears Topology Without Tears (ebook)
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avg rating 4.40 — 35 ratings — published 2012
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Category Theory in Context (Aurora: Dover Modern Math Originals) Category Theory in Context (Aurora: Dover Modern Math Originals)
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avg rating 4.48 — 71 ratings — published 2015
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Sheaves in Geometry and Logic: A First Introduction to Topos Theory (Universitext) (Volume 0) Sheaves in Geometry and Logic: A First Introduction to Topos Theory (Universitext) (Volume 0)
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avg rating 4.61 — 28 ratings — published 1992
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Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis by John A. Rice Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis by John A. Rice (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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Geometric Graphs and Arrangements: Some Chapters from Combinatorial Geometry (Advanced Lectures in Mathematics) Geometric Graphs and Arrangements: Some Chapters from Combinatorial Geometry (Advanced Lectures in Mathematics)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004
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Graph Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) Graph Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
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avg rating 4.07 — 100 ratings — published
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Thirty Essays on Geometric Graph Theory (Algorithms and Combinatorics) Thirty Essays on Geometric Graph Theory (Algorithms and Combinatorics)
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avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2012
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Topology Topology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 1,258 ratings — published 1974
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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)
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avg rating 4.44 — 245 ratings — published 1963
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A Most Elegant Equation: Euler's Formula and the Beauty of Mathematics A Most Elegant Equation: Euler's Formula and the Beauty of Mathematics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 683 ratings — published
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The Music of the Primes The Music of the Primes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,421 ratings — published 2003
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 80,565 ratings — published 1884
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A Mathematician's Apology A Mathematician's Apology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 8,028 ratings — published 1940
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Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 7,020 ratings — published 1992
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 54,126 ratings — published 1979
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Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 1,769 ratings — published 2001
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Additional Mathematics : Pure and Applied Additional Mathematics : Pure and Applied (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 96 ratings — published 1995
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Analysis I Analysis I (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.56 — 201 ratings — published 2006
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Algebra And Trigonometry (With Video Skillbuilder CD-ROM) Algebra And Trigonometry (With Video Skillbuilder CD-ROM)
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avg rating 3.73 — 67 ratings — published 2000
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Mathematical Ideas Plus MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- 24 Month Access Card Package Mathematical Ideas Plus MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- 24 Month Access Card Package (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Schaum's Outline: Probability and Statistics, Second Edition Schaum's Outline: Probability and Statistics, Second Edition (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 168 ratings — published 1975
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Everything You Need to Ace Pre-Algebra and Algebra I in One Big Fat Notebook (Big Fat Notebooks) Everything You Need to Ace Pre-Algebra and Algebra I in One Big Fat Notebook (Big Fat Notebooks)
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avg rating 4.12 — 207 ratings — published
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Essential Prealgebra Skills Practice Workbook Essential Prealgebra Skills Practice Workbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 44 ratings — published
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Everything You Need to Ace Geometry in One Big Fat Notebook Everything You Need to Ace Geometry in One Big Fat Notebook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 177 ratings — published 2020
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Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pure-mathematics)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,013 ratings — published 2016
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Elementary Statistics Elementary Statistics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as pure-mathematics)
avg rating 3.30 — 46 ratings — published 1989
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Schaum's Outline of Differential Geometry (Schaum's Outline Series) Schaum's Outline of Differential Geometry (Schaum's Outline Series)
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avg rating 4.11 — 38 ratings — published 1969
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Basic Mathematics Basic Mathematics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 193 ratings — published 1988
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What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 2,045 ratings — published 1941
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Number Theory: A Very Short Introduction Number Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 68 ratings — published
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Trigonometry: A Very Short Introduction Trigonometry: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 37 ratings — published
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Undergraduate Topology: A Working Textbook Undergraduate Topology: A Working Textbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2014
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Complexity: A Very Short Introduction Complexity: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.52 — 513 ratings — published 2014
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How to Study as a Mathematics Major How to Study as a Mathematics Major (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.99 — 96 ratings — published 2013
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Linear Algebra: Step by Step Linear Algebra: Step by Step (ebook)
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avg rating 4.40 — 72 ratings — published 2013
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Fractals: A Very Short Introduction Fractals: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 246 ratings — published 2013
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How to Study for a Mathematics Degree How to Study for a Mathematics Degree (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 230 ratings — published 2012
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Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.40 — 89 ratings — published 2013
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Probability: A Very Short Introduction Probability: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.45 — 214 ratings — published 2012
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Riemann Surfaces (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics) Riemann Surfaces (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
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avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2011
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Numbers: A Very Short Introduction Numbers: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pure-mathematics)
avg rating 3.43 — 173 ratings — published 2010
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Statistics: A Very Short Introduction Statistics: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pure-mathematics)
avg rating 3.48 — 603 ratings — published 2008
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Category Theory (Oxford Logic Guides) Category Theory (Oxford Logic Guides)
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avg rating 4.07 — 76 ratings — published 2006
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Visual Complex Analysis Visual Complex Analysis (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as pure-mathematics)
avg rating 4.48 — 521 ratings — published 1997
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G.H. Hardy
“I spoke of the 'real' mathematics of Fermat and other great mathematicians, the mathematics which has permanent aesthetic value, as for example the best Greek mathematics has, the mathematics which is eternal because the best of it may, like the best literature, continue to cause intense emotional satisfaction to thousands of people after thousands of years. These men were all primarily pure mathematicians; but I was not thinking only of pure mathematics. I count Maxwell and Einstein, Eddington and Dirac, among 'real' mathematicians. The great modern achievements of applied mathematics have been in relativity and quantum mechanics, and these subjects are, at present at any rate, almost as 'useless' as the theory of numbers. It is the dull and elementary parts of applied mathematics, as it is the dull and elementary parts of pure mathematics, that work for good or ill.”
― G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology

G.H. Hardy
“Even a pure mathematician may find his appreciation of this geometry [applied geometry] quickened, since there is no mathematician so pure that he feels no interest at all in the physical world; but, in so far as he succumbs to this temptation, he will be abandoning his purely mathematical position.”
― G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology

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