Reddit reviews Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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Finding a good maths book is harder than I thought. My favorite is a classic, Hamming's 'Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics'
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It is the introductory part that I found the most exciting as it teaches mathematical thinking.
The most well known quote from Hamming is:
'The purpose of computation is insight, not numbers.'
This applies particularly well to bioinformatics.
Richard Hamming's calculus text has a focus on probability and statistics.
Might be worth checking out.
This is a coincidence! I too have recently rediscovered my long lost love for maths and been studying on my own (from high school to graduate level). My approach is to buy a lot of USED books from amazon.com (you can get them for a few bucks) and from the used book stores in my neighbourhood. I love the Dover books on mathematics and science. They are cheap and often succinct. They maybe slightly dated but unless you are at the leading edge they are sufficient.
My main motivation is to understand maths. Corollary to that is to understand Physics. In school and college all i did was symbol manipulation to solve just enough problems to get through the exams without understanding what i did. Also math topics were taught as isolated islands rather than an integrated archipelago. I now want an integrated view of maths and science in general.
So here is my advice;
Do not get into any competition with anybody. Build your intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic ones. Take your own time since you are starting from basics. Just set aside at least an hour a day to study maths. Build the discipline and persistence. The initial hurdle (at least in higher maths) is symbol phobia rather than maths itself. Stick with it. Remember you are not trying to prove anything to the world. You are just trying to prove to yourself that you can "grok" it. Confidence will fallout from that and will bleed into your everyday thinking.
Here are some of my books (i have a whole lot more).