Illustrated Theory of Numbers

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1. cammikebrownJul 2022
   I love visual math like this so much. I had a professor at my alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, who made a textbook called “Illustrated Theory of Numbers”, and it’s just beautiful. Marty Weissman, check it out sometime
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2. chrispeelMar 2021
   You emphasized your boys' focus on math and science. One approach which might be appealing to them and to the school is to change the focus from cryptocurrency to cryptography. You can google "cryptography for kids" or aim them at the "Illustrated Theory of Numbers" which covers prime factorization in chapter 2. Cryptography is the foundation of all blockchain and cryptocurrency tech and (I believe) will only grow in importance in the future.

   (BTW, there are some communities, r/crypto [2] for example, which don't like the use of "crypto" to mean "cryptocurrency")

   [1] http://illustratedtheoryofnumbers.com/

   [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/crypto/

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3. jacobolusJul 2020
   If you like pictures, another couple nice books are Nathan Carter’s Visual Group Theory and Marty Weissman’s Illustrated Theory of Numbers, both of which should be accessible to motivated high school students.

   http://web.bentley.edu/empl/c/ncarter/vgt/

   http://illustratedtheoryofnumbers.com

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4. charlescearlJul 2020
   My 13 year old and I have through parts of the first three chapters of "An Illustrated Theory of Numbers". I would reckon that if your student is motivated and at upper high school level, they would have the sophistication to go at it alone. It is just a beautiful book also, with lots of exercises and the associate website http://illustratedtheoryofnumbers.com/ also has Python notebooks if they are into programming.
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5. abhghJul 2020
   I recently gifted Illustrated Theory of Numbers to a friend, and it is indeed beautifully illustrated.

   I would also recommend "Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis" for its illustrations and exposition [1].

   [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1107499437

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6. rhythmvsApr 2017
   tl;dr: ‘… I am convinced that “translating” Euclid into modern algebraic notation is historically destructive … In writing the Illustrated Theory of Numbers, I am trying to give respect to history. … In the style of Tufte …’

   Do check out the published page spread previews of this book-in-progress: they’re beautiful!

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