![Screenshot of gwern.net: The Legend of von Neumann (1973) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/10/2/f40e3e6d-db7b-4d6b-8562-1f3d9460447c.jpg)
The Legend of von Neumann (1973) [pdf](gwern.net)
292 points by suopspaces | 163 comments
A 1973 essay by mathematician Paul Halmos recounting the life, achievements, and legends of John von Neumann, presented as a scanned PDF.
![Screenshot of worrydream.com: A Mathematician's Lament (2002) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/6/3/5145f753-eea7-4160-8e5e-706c5289b3f2.jpg)
First screen, captured .
Looks similar
In Praise of APL (1977)(jsoftware.com)
84 points by tosh | 52 comments
![Screenshot of courses.csail.mit.edu: Mathematics for Computer Science (2018) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/1/9/ae2aa14e-4a6c-4954-86ba-c8b6fc82ba70.jpg)
Mathematics for Computer Science (2018) [pdf](courses.csail.mit.edu)
366 points by vismit2000 | 62 comments
PDF of the 2018 revision of the MIT textbook Mathematics for Computer Science by Eric Lehman, F. Thomson Leighton, and Albert R. Meyer.
![Screenshot of olli.unt.edu: Mathematicians will probably become obsolete before anyone else [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/8/23/4e9f3f26-2dbc-498a-8f12-d806d1ff1431.jpg)
Does anyone remember websites?(tttthis.com)
31 points by lr0 | 37 comments
Tufte CSS(edwardtufte.github.io)
161 points by avinassh | 40 comments