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You'd recommend Polya over "How to Prove It" by Velleman? Polya's seems more about general problem-solving techniques, versus proofs.

Thanks for the recommendations!

Isn't that a bit misleading because Erdos was a famously unusual mathematician personality/lifestyle? I think focusing on Erdos as an intro fetishizes mathematicians/mathematics.

Good point but the book is very clear about how unusual Erdős was and talks about the lives of more normal mathematicians he worked with.