# Exploring Mathematics with Python by Arthur Engel

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/exploring-mathematics-with-python/

8 people recommended Exploring Mathematics with Python by Arthur Engel in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

8 of the 8 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Online Book: Exploring Mathematics with Python”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for building mathematical intuition through code and for its wide-ranging, wonderful content, which is accessible even to mathematically inclined laypeople.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Rich content described as a treasure trove (2 comments in the sample): "Looks like a treasure trove of knowledge." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46381810)) "its really wonderful content" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391693))
- Readers want to read or own it (2 comments in the sample): "I would certainly buy a copy were it printed!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46384273)) "Seems great. Added to the backlog" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383254))

## Other mathematics books people recommend

- [Elements by Euclid by Oliver Byrne](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elements-of-euclid/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fermat-s-last-theorem/): 11 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Gödel's Proof by Nagel and Newman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/g-del-s-proof/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity by David Bessis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mathematica-a-secret-world-of-intuition-and-curiosity/): 8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Exploring Mathematics with Python by Arthur Engel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/exploring-mathematics-with-python/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.