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Great Thinkers, Great Theorems
The Great Courses
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2020 · score 0.7
A Great Courses lecture series by William Dunham that walks through famous theorems and their proofs, starting with simple proofs such as the irrationality of the square root of 2. It is aimed at building clear mathematical reasoning.
The commenter calls it excellent and says it walks you through simple proofs, which they suggest as a way to learn clear reasoning.
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Start writing a daily journal... it is a huge help in clarifying your thinking in all aspects of your life.
Also, do a search for Lincoln & Euclid. Early in his law studies Lincoln took a break to study Euclid's Elements to learn how to reason and demonstrate an idea clearly. You probably don't need to slog through The Elements (but that would be great) so check out TheGreatCourses.com for some good basic lectures on mathematical reasoning, the older the better. I bought the Dunham lecture "Great Thinkers, Great Theorems" and it is excellent. He walks you through simple proofs such as proving the Sqrt[2] is an irrational number and much more.
NB: Don't pay list price unless you can afford it or can't wait. Most items regularly go on sale at signficantly discounted rate. I got the GT,GT lectures at a discount because I found it posted to YT and emailed them to alert them.