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“All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.” -Blaise Pascal You could also lie down if you have a bed or sofa available. Perhaps even take a nap. Or take a little walk outside.

Heres a page I found some time ago. I can't comment on the quality of translations, but it contains lots of old works of math translated to english for free. Like Eulers "calculus" books. http://www.17centurymaths.com/

I would also be really interested. Though I'm just learning the basics now on my slow pace, but it would be really interesting resource. Infact, it would be great if you someday would like to write more of a guide to learning mathematics. Like from elementary to end of undergraduate studies...

Here is table of contents of Allendoerfer's and Oakleys Principles of Mathematics first edition (1955):Preface List of Symbols Chapter 1. Logic (p. 1-38) 1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. Propositions 4. Propositions in Mathematics 5. Quantifiers 6. Symbols 7. Truth Tables 8. Applications of...

Yes, thanks dustbin that was really helpful, I guess I have pretty similar math backround to you. And actually the book came today, little earlier than I expected. Funny thing I noticed on the cover was that the book is a gift from the US. It says: "This book has been presented to Finland by...

Thanks for answers RJinkies, dustbin and mathwonk. As I don't have any experience posting forums and didn't yet get the hang of quoting, I will reply for you here. RJinkies, that's interesting that Allendoerfer was proponent of New Math. I glanced over his wikipedia page but missed that...

Mathwonk, could you tell about differences between first and second edition of Allendoerfer's and Oakley's Principles of Mathematics? I am currently studying more basic material, and I plan to study that book next but I just don't know yet which edition to get. I think you recommended the first...