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Any good books, or online resources, people can recommend on actually doing maths for people from a non-maths background?

I mean this is an old refrain, and not one I disagree with, but it's missing the positive side of the argument.

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BOOK OF PROOF: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/index.html

Foundations of Higher Mathematics: http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Higher-Mathematics-Peter-F...

How to Solve It: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Solve_It

EDIT:

Mathematical Reasoning: Writing and Proof: https://sites.google.com/site/mathematicalreasoning3ed/

I used Foundations as a text in college, but I think it may be out of print now. At more than $200 there may be more reasonable choices. Might be an option from Dover that covers similar material.

Pick through the stuff by Dover publishing. They have some very intense math books, but there are definitely some books about math for "lay people". Many of them can be had cheaply, and there are usually plenty of reviews on amazon to figure out what is both interesting and accessible.

I really like the Dover book Mathematics for the Nonmathematician by Morris Kline. It adds historical perspective, makes you think, and teaches basic and understandable proofs.

http://www.jiblm.org/guides/index.aspx?category=jiblmjournal

Inquiry based learning is the way math should be taught. Teachers should pose interesting problems and guide the students to a solution instead of frantically rewriting equations from their notepads onto the blackboard.

Polya's "how to solve it" is a classic.

Try reading the article linked at the end.

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