Re:Immersive Linear Algebra (2016)
by nimonian on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:37AM
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Perhaps this is a reason why there are some nicely designed apps with not-so-great content, and lots of books with legendary content: the whole ecosystem around app development isn't very friendly to the long-term process of writing a classic text.
It's also hard to focus on design, coding and content solo, and writing great, cohesive content tends to be a private endeavour. I'm not surprised to see immersivemath.com is written by a team.
I know (through fond memory!) your texts have some interactivity in hyperlinking to solutions and I found that very useful, but making it work must have taken time and been a bit of a headache. Extrapolate that to writing a webapp and it's easy to imagine you would never finish.
And yes, the words 'legendary' and 'classic' are direct compliments to you: your Lin Alg sits next to Spivak's Calculus on my bookshelf. They are both immortal.
It's also hard to focus on design, coding and content solo, and writing great, cohesive content tends to be a private endeavour. I'm not surprised to see immersivemath.com is written by a team.
I know (through fond memory!) your texts have some interactivity in hyperlinking to solutions and I found that very useful, but making it work must have taken time and been a bit of a headache. Extrapolate that to writing a webapp and it's easy to imagine you would never finish.
And yes, the words 'legendary' and 'classic' are direct compliments to you: your Lin Alg sits next to Spivak's Calculus on my bookshelf. They are both immortal.