I bailed on high school math, thinking I'm math dumb. In my late 20s I decided to try again, but jumped straight into calculus. And at first regretted that dec

I bailed on high school math, thinking I'm math dumb. In my late 20s I decided to try again, but jumped straight into calculus. And at first regretted that decision. However, I got lucky by stumbling upon this book: https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/dp/0312185480 https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/... It "reads" like a book, with the ideas given context. I had an "ok" connection with Algebra, and the book explained the rest well enough for me. In school, the textbooks were loaded with symbols, but not enough description -- I guess they relied on bored teachers making minimum wage to do that part. I went to a school with poor academic showings (but connections to state superintendent of ed got them a grant for football facilities). Coincidentally, this book goes well with the technique described here: http://www.pathsensitive.com/2018/01/the-benjamin-franklin-method-of-reading.html http://www.pathsensitive.com/2018/01/the-benjamin-franklin-m...