# The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering by Sanjoy Mahajan

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering by Sanjoy Mahajan and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Commenters call it a useful successor to Street-Fighting Mathematics and praise it alongside that book. It is free through MIT OpenCourseWare.

## Why people recommend it

- Successor to Street-Fighting Mathematics (1 comments): "Which is, I think, the successor and quite useful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459000))
- Praised alongside Street-Fighting (1 comments): "Even in such goodness as Sanjoy Mahajan's Art of Insight and Street-Fighting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49726256))
- Quite useful (1 comments): "Which is, I think, the successor and quite useful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459000))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Abelson and Sussman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs.md): 55 recommend
- [The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-computer-programming.md): 28 recommend
- [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Abelson and Sussman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sicp.md): 12 recommend
- [Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen and Chuang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quantum-computation-and-quantum-information.md): 12 recommend
- [Digital Design and Computer Architecture by Harris and Harris](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digital-design-and-computer-architecture.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262526549?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780262526548) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering by Sanjoy Mahajan", https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-insight-in-science-and-engineering/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).