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Professor E McSquared's Calculus Primer: http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~swann/mcsqrd.html http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~swann/mcsqrd.html -- I actually was poking around
by tjr 12y ago
Professor E McSquared's Calculus Primer: http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~swann/mcsqrd.html http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~swann/mcsqrd.html -- I actually was poking around my mom's copy when I was about seven or so, but didn't start understanding it until later. The comics made me interested in the content, and I think was a key factor in my growing up enjoying math rather than despising it.
The Hacker's Dictionary: http://catb.org/jargon/ http://catb.org/jargon/ -- was similarly influential in my finding the joy and excitement in software development. I had come to enjoy it on my own already, but reading this (in printed form, at the time) helped me get a broader perspective. It's admittedly quite outdated now, but I'm not sure what a newer replacement might be.
- JoshTriplett 12y ago> Professor E McSquared's Calculus Primer: http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~swann/mcsqrd.html http://www.math.sjsu.edu/~swann/mcsqrd.html -- I actually was poking around my mom's copy when I was about seven or so, but didn't start understanding it until later. The comics made me interested in the content, and I think was a key factor in my growing up enjoying math rather than despising it. I had a similar experience with "Calculus the Easy Way", and its predecessors "Algebra the Easy Way" and "Trigonometry the Easy Way", all of which I'd highly recommend. They teach the topics as though being invented for the first time by a kingdom finding themselves in need of them.