Notation can be difficult. Given my years with logic I can now read a reasonably complex piece of it and hope to interpret it quite easily if I have some feelin

Notation can be difficult. Given my years with logic I can now read a reasonably complex piece of it and hope to interpret it quite easily if I have some feeling for where the author's going. It does take practice but you need to be exposed to it a fair bit (as when learning a natural language) and have someone to ask, to talk it through with you, until you find your feet. Without some coaching from my uni lecturers at first, and a very good book as well, I probably would have given up.