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magiclantern's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
crippytay's review against another edition
challenging
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inspiring
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5.0
I loved this book. Is it better than the first one? It might be. Hilarious as always Ben Orlin also tells a good story, makes you think, and isn’t afraid to challenge your thinking. I hope my calculus class will never be the same.
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4.0
Super fun read! The drawings were hilarious and informative, and the chapters wonderfully bite sized while still managing to convey the concepts in a fairly thorough way. I will definitely be picking up Math with Bad Drawings.
heathermoor's review
4.0
Overall, enjoyable and enlightening book. I learned several new ways to see core math concepts, and am really glad I read it. My one complaint is that it uses little-known English words often, e.g. “trenchant” and “reviled”, and that interrupted the flow of the book as I don’t know those words.
It makes it a book really only for the most intellectual people, which is ironic, especially given the chapter on David Foster Wallace and big math words. I wish it were more accessible.
It makes it a book really only for the most intellectual people, which is ironic, especially given the chapter on David Foster Wallace and big math words. I wish it were more accessible.
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