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mindspillage comments on Fields Medalists on School Mathematics - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: mindspillage 14 October 2010 06:34:33AM *  2 points [-]

Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School by Louis Sachar, a puzzle book companion to the silly Wayside School stories; I read it in elementary school to what I think was my great benefit. I posted a bit about it elsewhere--it was my first introduction to some of the concepts of logical thinking I've found generally useful now.