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Proofs and Refutations
Imre Lakatos (posthumously)
ed. John Worrall & Elie Zahar
Cambridge University Press, 1976
If you will be teaching, studying, or just doing mathematics, you should read this book.
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Mathematical Apocrypha
Steven G. Krantz
The Mathematical Association of America, 2002
A fun, light read that consists of many, very short, amusing anecdotes, nearly all of which involve contemporary mathematicans. I quite enjoyed it.
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