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A Mind for Numbers
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A Mind for Numbers

How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara Oakley

Derek Sivers
Recommended by Derek Sivers

Recommended by Derek Sivers

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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Studying, Memory, and Memory.

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a higher level of math competency, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to st...

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Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers

Author; founder of CD Baby

Thought I was getting a book about math, but ended up being a surprisingly good book about learning in general. Main points are about diffused thinking vs focused thinking.

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