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3.71 AVERAGE
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The author says in the preface that the book should be accessible to anybody with a maths GCSE. Apparently a maths GCSE is more difficult than a maths O Level. I kept my head above water (I think) till Chapter 6 when we hit geometry, which was my downfall with school maths as well. I did my best but I still don't understand what hyperbolic geometry might be. I just skimmed Chapter 7 on estimates and approximations but re-surfaced with the FAQ in the final chapter, which was more about mathematicians than mathematics.
damn, this was like a reminder of the strange thrill of maths—it's fascinating in the most unsettling way
The book was nice and all but it just got very boring and the way the topics were written (even topics I enjoy) seemed uninteresting.
A book that pokes at the basic mathematical concepts most of us take for granted and looks at the assumptions behind them. I found most interesting -- and helpful -- the discussion of modeling and the case the author makes for abstract math. It merits reading slowly with time to digest, but it's engagingly written and very accessible to nonmathematicians.
damn, this was like a reminder of the strange thrill of maths—it's fascinating in the most unsettling way
This book presents an easily digestible summary of current mathematical topics, stressing the cultivation of abstract thought and generalization in problem solving.
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