Barbara Oakley? Maybe not who your thinking of, but similar story. See: https://barbaraoakley.com/books/a-mind-for-numbers/ https://barbaraoakley.com/books/a-

Barbara Oakley? Maybe not who your thinking of, but similar story. See: https://barbaraoakley.com/books/a-mind-for-numbers/ https://barbaraoakley.com/books/a-mind-for-numbers/ She also has a great Coursera class called learning how to learn