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I dislike the typesetting changes that came after the second edition. It was a really elegant book, reminiscent of other classic Springer Undergraduate Mathema
by nextos 3y ago
I dislike the typesetting changes that came after the second edition.
It was a really elegant book, reminiscent of other classic Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series tomes.
Lots of distracting color, highlighting, and boxes were added, which IMHO make the book less clear.
Obviously, the content is still great.
- fiforpg 3y agoYep. Huge kudos to the author for making it available, but the PDF does feel sloppy with all the bright colors and images. In science textbooks, less is more. Compare this to the very latest edition of Stewart's calculus, which now uses even more pastel, subdued colors for diagrams.
- nextos 3y agoExactly, a calm black and white design does not need to be unfriendly. Hubbard & Hubbard or MacKay are two examples of beginner-friendly books with great typesetting.
- blt 3y agowith the power of `tcolorbox` comes great responsibility.