Category Theory Text?

[jimmyb]

Not exactly programming, but can anyone recommend me a good category theory textbook?

I'd be learning essentially from scratch, so something that starts of at the basics and then gets in reasonably deep would be good.

 

[jimmyb]

bump.

Someone here must have experience with this...

 

[bmt22033]

This is one of two books (I don't remember the name of the other) that I used when I was in college. Personally, I found category theory so captivating that I've not thought about or used it again since I finished the class. ;-) I don't remember much about the other book that my professor used but I do know that of the two books, this was definitely the "entry level" one. Good luck to you!