……W.W. Sawyer，《微积分的奥秘》（What is Calculus About?）和《数学家的乐趣》（Mathematician's Delight）；Courant 与 Robbins，《什么是数学？》（What is Mathematics?）；Hogben，《大众数学》（Mathematics for the Million）；Steinhaus，《数学万花镜》（Mathematical Snapshots）；Ivars Peterson，《数学游客》（The Mathematical Tourist）；Davis 与 Hersh，《数学经验》（The Mathematical Experience）；Polya，《怎样解题》（How to Solve It）；Huff，《如何用统计数字说谎》（How to Lie With Statistics）；McGervey，《日常生活中的概率》（Probabilities in Everyday Life）；Raymond Smullyan：《美女还是老虎？》（The Lady or the Tiger）、《爱丽丝漫游解谜国》（Alice in Puzzle-Land）……
…W.W. Sawyer, What is Calculus About? and Mathematician's Delight Courant and Robbins, What is Mathematics? Hogben, Mathematics for the Million Steinhaus, Mathematical Snapshots Ivars Peterson, The Mathematical Tourist Davis and Hersh, The Mathematical Experience Polya, How to Solve It Huff, How to Lie With Statistics McGervey, Probabilities in Everyday Life Raymond Smullyan: The Lady or the Tiger, Alice in Puzzle-Land,…
……那段时期……有点像自虐——但当你克服了系统的局限性，做出了自己想要的东西时，那种感觉也爽爆了……我当时买了本 Peterson 写的《数学游客：现代数学快照》（The Mathematical Tourist: Snapshots of Modern Mathematics）。一本关于数学的非常棒且有趣的最新读物，配图很漂亮。而且细节丰富，让我能自己实现比如 Mandelbrot 分形生成器 :-) 看到……我倒也没觉得太难过
…periods... it was a little bit like self-mutilation -- but also a great feeling when you manage to make something like you intended, despite the limitations of the system... I had bought a copy of "The Mathematical Tourist: Snapshots of Modern Mathematics" by Peterson. A great and fun update on math, with pretty pictures. And enough detail that I could implement eg. the mandelbrot generator :-) I'm not too sad to see…
I enjoyed "The Mathematical Tourist" by Ivars Peterson although it might be more "descriptive" than you are looking for. I found it quite inspiring, probably early in high school (forget when exactly I got it - maybe even earlier).
The Mathematical Tourist by Ivars Peterson when i was 15. Years later when my wife and I combined our pretty extensive book collections it was the only tile we had in common.
I recall writing a mandelbrot program on my Casio (in the awful Casio basic) in the late 90s, after reading Ivar Peterson's "The Mathematical Tourist" (actually started with Sierpinski Gasket variations, as that is much easier, not to mention faster). I was wondering how he managed to do it in 12 minutes on such an old machine -- until I realized he…
……W.W. Sawyer，《微积分的奥秘》（What is Calculus About?）和《数学家的乐趣》（Mathematician's Delight）；Courant 与 Robbins，《什么是数学？》（What is Mathematics?）；Hogben，《大众数学》（Mathematics for the Million）；Steinhaus，《数学万花镜》（Mathematical Snapshots）；Ivars Peterson，《数学游客》（The Mathematical Tourist）；Davis 与 Hersh，《数学经验》（The Mathematical Experience）；Polya，《怎样解题》（How to Solve It）；Huff，《如何用统计数字说谎》（How to Lie With Statistics）；McGervey，《日常生活中的概率》（Probabilities in Everyday Life）；Raymond Smullyan：《美女还是老虎？》（The Lady or the Tiger）、《爱丽丝漫游解谜国》（Alice in Puzzle-Land）……
…W.W. Sawyer, What is Calculus About? and Mathematician's Delight Courant and Robbins, What is Mathematics? Hogben, Mathematics for the Million Steinhaus, Mathematical Snapshots Ivars Peterson, The Mathematical Tourist Davis and Hersh, The Mathematical Experience Polya, How to Solve It Huff, How to Lie With Statistics McGervey, Probabilities in Everyday Life Raymond Smullyan: The Lady or the Tiger, Alice in Puzzle-Land,…
……那段时期……有点像自虐——但当你克服了系统的局限性，做出了自己想要的东西时，那种感觉也爽爆了……我当时买了本 Peterson 写的《数学游客：现代数学快照》（The Mathematical Tourist: Snapshots of Modern Mathematics）。一本关于数学的非常棒且有趣的最新读物，配图很漂亮。而且细节丰富，让我能自己实现比如 Mandelbrot 分形生成器 :-) 看到……我倒也没觉得太难过
…periods... it was a little bit like self-mutilation -- but also a great feeling when you manage to make something like you intended, despite the limitations of the system... I had bought a copy of "The Mathematical Tourist: Snapshots of Modern Mathematics" by Peterson. A great and fun update on math, with pretty pictures. And enough detail that I could implement eg. the mandelbrot generator :-) I'm not too sad to see…
我很喜欢 Ivars Peterson 写的《数学游客》（The Mathematical Tourist），不过它可能比你想要的更偏“科普描述性”。我觉得它相当有启发性，大概是我高中刚入学那会儿读的（记不清具体什么时候买的了——可能还要更早）。
I enjoyed "The Mathematical Tourist" by Ivars Peterson although it might be more "descriptive" than you are looking for. I found it quite inspiring, probably early in high school (forget when exactly I got it - maybe even earlier).
我 15 岁时读了 Ivars Peterson 的《数学游客》（The Mathematical Tourist）。多年后我和妻子把各自相当庞大的藏书合并时，这是我们唯一一本重合的书。
The Mathematical Tourist by Ivars Peterson when i was 15. Years later when my wife and I combined our pretty extensive book collections it was the only tile we had in common.
我记得在 90 年代末，读完 Ivar Peterson 的《数学游客》（The Mathematical Tourist）之后，在我的卡西欧计算器上（用那个烂得要死的 Casio basic）写了个 Mandelbrot 程序（其实最开始写的是谢尔宾斯基三角形的变体，因为那个简单得多，而且速度快得多）。我当时还纳闷他是怎么在那么老旧的机器上花 12 分钟就搞定的——直到我意识到他……
I recall writing a mandelbrot program on my Casio (in the awful Casio basic) in the late 90s, after reading Ivar Peterson's "The Mathematical Tourist" (actually started with Sierpinski Gasket variations, as that is much easier, not to mention faster). I was wondering how he managed to do it in 12 minutes on such an old machine -- until I realized he…