I'm reading The Princeton companion to Mathematics and Basic Notions of Algebra by Shafarevich. Both of them are really pleasant reading, the first one treats the topics from a more elementary point of view and the second one use advanced examples from other areas and from algebra itself. From this I got to know the Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences of Springer, I'm wondering if you know more texts like this, they don't have to be books, they could be papers/blogs/etc. I'm looking for well explained and motivated introductions to advanced fields/ideas in contemporary Mathematics.
Expository texts on advanced subjects
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0I think you might find the Unapologetic Mathematician interesting and relevant: http://unapologetic.wordpress.com – 2011-10-03