Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?

Re:Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topi... by dudeinjapan on Monday November 14, 2022 @08:55AM (#33593888)

"Div, Grad, Curl, And All That: An Informal Text On Vector Calculus"

This was "optional" reading in my Undergrad Calculus class at Brown, I probably was the only student who bothered to read it, and it made most of engineering a breeze for the next 3.5 years, whether electromagnetism, fluid dynamics, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topi... by jstogin on Monday November 14, 2022 @09:42AM (#33594593)

I came here to see if this book made the list. I read it the summer before taking AP Physics. It made that class a breeze. Still, I'm impressed it made this list given it's not a CS book.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topi... by dudeinjapan on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @01:57AM (#33606116)

I'm surprised so many other people had the same experience I did! Cool!

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Re:Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topi... by grahamplace on Monday November 14, 2022 @02:37PM (#33599704)

Was going to post this as well — I read this in the middle of taking my vector calc class in college (with a terrible professor) and really had one of those "ohhhhhhh" moments where you unlock an intuitive understanding of something previously out of reach

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Re:Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topi... by lamontcg on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:09PM (#33600221)

I was about to post this then did a search...

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