/sci/ - Science & Math

ITT:

Name your major and the ONE textbook or set of textbooks that a smart beginner can read to give you the best basic introduction to the topic. As a reference guide for aspiring broadly knowledgeable polymaths

Ideally this thread should have single-textbook introductions to the babby level broad basics of all majors such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Law, Political Science etc.

I'll start
>Computer Science
>Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)
>https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-MIT-Press/dp/0262033844