No bullshit guide to math and physics

Re:No bullshit guide to math and physics by edgeman27 on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @10:03AM (#4996989)

I don't think that there is a need for the liberal use of swearing in a mathematics book ("shit" appears 5 times in your sample PDF alone, two of which are in the title). In my opinion, it makes it sound very amateur and unprofessional.

> "Check this shit out:"

Could be "Consider this example:"

> Now get ready for some crazy shit. Using your...

Now for something even more interesting. Using your...

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Re:No bullshit guide to math and physics by ivan_ah on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @04:52PM (#4999537)

> that there is a need for the liberal use of swearing in a mathematics book

You are right that there is no //need//, but I find that a little swearing goes a long way to make the student who is scared of the subject feel more comfortable. "This is not a math book", they will think -- this is informal narrative like a blog post.

A cleaned up version is in the works. ETA March because I have to finish Linear Algebra and E&M first.

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