Burn math class

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1. QuindecillionSep 2022
   There's a really good book called Burn Math Class which highlights this fact very well, and actually helps with the learning process, making advanced math less intimidating.
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2. maab89May 2022
   Burn Math Class by Jason Wilkes is interesting.
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3. garmainMay 2022
   Seconded. also consider Lockhart's "Arithmetic". Bear in mind. These are both non-orthodox style books. Burn Math Class least orthodox.

   An orthodox approach to Analysis would be Terence Tao's Analysis books.

   Further recommendations depend on your specific goals.

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4. gramieJul 2020
   You could check out Burn Math Class: https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Math-Class-Reinvent-Mathematics/...

   or Calculus Made Easy: https://www.math.wisc.edu/~keisler/keislercalc-09-04-19.pdf

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5. jostylrFeb 2020
   A few ideas:

   * Guesstimation:Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin. Math is a tool. Start using it with some simple arithmetic and scientific notation. Once it becomes something you can use and play in that context, everything else becomes a lot easier. This is water cooler talk and is something actually usable immediately.

   * Speed Mathematics Simplified. From the 1960s. Wonderful book about doing arithmetic from left to right. Also has some good stuff about decimals/fractions/percents as well as checksums. Being quick with arithmetic and getting that number sense makes everything else easier.

   * Burn Math Class. Gives an appropriate viewpoint for a lot of math. Gets a little whacky as it goes on, but the core ideas should help you take ownership of math.

   * ... gap not sure what to put in ... Maybe Precalculus in a Nutshell... But play around with GeoGebra. Exploring geometry, trigonometry, and precalculus visually is key to getting an intuition about. Get to know the behaviors of the functions, but don't get lost in trig identities or solving random algebraic equations. Things like Newton's method (or the Secant Method) are more important for learning about than lots of arbitrary algebraic simplifications (they can be important too)

   * Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach. At some point, if you mastered K-12 math and want to get a good mix of theory and application and efficiency, this book by John and Barbara Hubbard is really quite nice. It puts linear algebra in one of its primary contexts of being the main foundation for solving nonlinear systems.

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6. rusticpennDec 2019
   I am reading " Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself from Jason Wilkes ". Its pretty good.
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