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I have this book. I was pretty excited about it. I have tried 3 times to work through it so far, and haven’t made it through chapter two. I did not connect wit
by jcpst 5y ago
I have this book. I was pretty excited about it. I have tried 3 times to work through it so far, and haven’t made it through chapter two.
I did not connect with math when I was in High School. I liked geometry, but never took anything after that. I didn’t really learn anything new in college algebra.
I program at an accomplished level- I’m doing senior dev work in a complex domain, and have led teams of developers.
But I feel bad when trying to go through this book. Like I had huge gaps in knowledge that the author assumed I had, which led me to wonder why that is.
I will probably try to struggle through this again, in hopes that eventually it clicks. If anyone knows of a book I could use as a prerequisite or intermediate step, I would appreciate that!
- elric 5y agoI have struggled with the same thing (and continue to do so). One thing I have found to be very helpful is Ivan Savov's "No bullshit guide to math & physics". It helps that it's written by a person who does a lot of tutoring, unlike the authors of many frightening ex-cathedra maths books. It basically builds its way up to calculus, in a way that's mostly easy to grok and in a way that's useful and interesting (which is where the physics bit comes in). It certainly hasn't made me a mathematician by any stretch, but it's helped me fill in a lot of gaps left behind by awful maths teachers in school, and it's helped rekindle an interest that I'd long since forgotten.