我有两本推荐，目前好像还没看到别人提过：1. Alfred North Whitehead 写的《An Introduction to Mathematics》（1911年），可以在 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41568 下载。它并不是专门讲历史的，但我很喜欢它从第一性原理一步步推导概念的方式，比如“我们曾……
I have two recommendations that I don't see mentioned by anyone else yet: 1. An Introduction to Mathematics by Alfred North Whitehead, 1911 available at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41568 It not specifically about history, but I found it nice how it builds up concepts from first principles, e.g. "We had…
在《An Introduction to Mathematics》（1911年）中，Alfred North Whitehead 曾写道：好的符号体系把大脑从一切不必要的工作中解脱出来，让它得以自由专注在更高阶的问题上，在效果上实际上提升了心智力量……
In An Introduction to Mathematics (1911) Alfred North Whitehead wrote: By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and, in effect, increases the mental power…
……开源软件，……，以及它们所促成的一切？“文明的进步，在于让人类无需动脑思考就能执行的重要操作数量不断增加。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》（1911年）。硬塞进 2026 年的客机座位里可能确实是种“糟糕的体验”。但这种被人们视为理所当然的飞翔……缩在特么云端里的逼仄座位上……到底是什么？那是一两个世纪以来专注努力的结晶，……
…open-source software, ... , and much of what they enabled? "Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them." - Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics (1911) Getting packed into 2026 airline seats can be a "miserable experience". But that taken-for-granted human flight... a cramped seat in the effin clouds... is what? A century or two of focused effort,…
……它们。思维的运作就像战役中的骑兵冲锋——次数有着极其严格的限制，必须要有体力充沛的马匹，而且只能在决胜时刻出击。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》
…them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments." -- Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics
……它们。思维的运作就像战役中的骑兵冲锋——次数有着极其严格的限制，必须要有体力充沛的马匹，而且只能在决胜时刻出击。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》
…them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.” ― Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics
……它们。思维的运作就像战役中的骑兵冲锋——次数有着极其严格的限制，必须要有体力充沛的马匹，而且只能在决胜时刻出击。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》，第 45–46 页
…them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle - they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments." - Alfred North Whitehead, "An Introduction to Mathematics", pp. 45–46
我有两本推荐，目前好像还没看到别人提过：1. Alfred North Whitehead 写的《An Introduction to Mathematics》（1911年），可以在 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41568 下载。它并不是专门讲历史的，但我很喜欢它从第一性原理一步步推导概念的方式，比如“我们曾……
I have two recommendations that I don't see mentioned by anyone else yet: 1. An Introduction to Mathematics by Alfred North Whitehead, 1911 available at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41568 It not specifically about history, but I found it nice how it builds up concepts from first principles, e.g. "We had…
在《An Introduction to Mathematics》（1911年）中，Alfred North Whitehead 曾写道：好的符号体系把大脑从一切不必要的工作中解脱出来，让它得以自由专注在更高阶的问题上，在效果上实际上提升了心智力量……
In An Introduction to Mathematics (1911) Alfred North Whitehead wrote: By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and, in effect, increases the mental power…
……开源软件，……，以及它们所促成的一切？“文明的进步，在于让人类无需动脑思考就能执行的重要操作数量不断增加。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》（1911年）。硬塞进 2026 年的客机座位里可能确实是种“糟糕的体验”。但这种被人们视为理所当然的飞翔……缩在特么云端里的逼仄座位上……到底是什么？那是一两个世纪以来专注努力的结晶，……
…open-source software, ... , and much of what they enabled? "Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them." - Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics (1911) Getting packed into 2026 airline seats can be a "miserable experience". But that taken-for-granted human flight... a cramped seat in the effin clouds... is what? A century or two of focused effort,…
……它们。思维的运作就像战役中的骑兵冲锋——次数有着极其严格的限制，必须要有体力充沛的马匹，而且只能在决胜时刻出击。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》
…them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments." -- Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics
……它们。思维的运作就像战役中的骑兵冲锋——次数有着极其严格的限制，必须要有体力充沛的马匹，而且只能在决胜时刻出击。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》
…them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.” ― Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics
……它们。思维的运作就像战役中的骑兵冲锋——次数有着极其严格的限制，必须要有体力充沛的马匹，而且只能在决胜时刻出击。”——Alfred North Whitehead，《An Introduction to Mathematics》，第 45–46 页
…them. Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle - they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments." - Alfred North Whitehead, "An Introduction to Mathematics", pp. 45–46