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Re:Six Math Essentials by Terence Tao by stldev on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:48PM (#50449556)
I pre-ordered some time ago, and received a copy this morning. I love it.

It's direct and well-written; a high-level overview of mathematics from numbers to analysis and dynamics. I think it's well organized, if brief at ~100pp.

This would be a great read for laypeople as well as a potential gap-filler for anyone in STEM.

Re:Six Math Essentials by Terence Tao by cgio on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:53AM (#50450426)
Books should be brief, technical ones at least. I cannot stand the filler pages where the same concept is repeated again and again.