<story><title>How to Read Mathematics</title><url>http://web.stonehill.edu/compsci/History_Math/math-read.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gtani</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a few books on how to approach books and problems, e.g. don&amp;#x27;t strain on first seeing new material.  Lara Alcock wrote 2 books on studying math which seem to have the same ToC, a lot of undergrad programs have materials on proofs and how to transition from high school problem solving: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20150319020039&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.maths.cam.ac.uk&amp;#x2F;undergrad&amp;#x2F;studyskills&amp;#x2F;text.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20150319020039&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.maths.c...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mathoverflow and math.stackexchange soft-questions tag has lots of mini-essays, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mathoverflow.net&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;143309&amp;#x2F;how-do-you-not-forget-old-math&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mathoverflow.net&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;143309&amp;#x2F;how-do-you-not-for...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;math.stackexchange.com&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;617625&amp;#x2F;on-familiarity-or-how-to-avoid-going-down-the-math-rabbit-hole&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;math.stackexchange.com&amp;#x2F;questions&amp;#x2F;617625&amp;#x2F;on-familiari...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;____________________&lt;p&gt;For proofs, books by Polya, Velleman, Hammack etc&lt;p&gt;Prof Baez&amp;#x27; reading lists for math and physics: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;math.ucr.edu&amp;#x2F;home&amp;#x2F;baez&amp;#x2F;books.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;math.ucr.edu&amp;#x2F;home&amp;#x2F;baez&amp;#x2F;books.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>How to Read Mathematics</title><url>http://web.stonehill.edu/compsci/History_Math/math-read.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rrherr</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve also found these to be helpful:&lt;p&gt;The Language and Grammar of Mathematics, from The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, by Timothy Gowers: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;press.princeton.edu&amp;#x2F;chapters&amp;#x2F;gowers&amp;#x2F;gowers_I_2.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;press.princeton.edu&amp;#x2F;chapters&amp;#x2F;gowers&amp;#x2F;gowers_I_2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reading Mathematics, by John Hamal Hubbard: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.math.cornell.edu&amp;#x2F;~hubbard&amp;#x2F;readingmath.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.math.cornell.edu&amp;#x2F;~hubbard&amp;#x2F;readingmath.pdf&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>