"Stories" by V.I. Arnold and math link http://ega-math.narod.ru/

V. I. Arnold is one of the interesting mathematicians of our time. I like to read his talks when I'm looking for inspiration.

Recently, following the link http://ega-math.narod.ru/ that was given to me by one of my students and a friend Vlad Yanum, I have immediately discovered a book by V.I. called "Old and recent stories" ("Истории давние и недавние" ). While much of statements and thoughts in this reading should be proved and analyzed from original sources (as always by careful reading), reading of the book brings a lot of fun and positive ideas to work on.

PS the link itself is a collection of references worth of review and devouring.

And by the way, I was surprised to know that V.I. has a "chat" with pope in 1998
http://nauka.relis.ru/01/0012/01012002.htm (of course, on the conference of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences)