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[–] lettruthout 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 12 points 2 months ago

These entanglements change us

[–] radix 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Foreword written by Georgia O'Keeffe.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 6 points 2 months ago
[–] Baddog22 10 points 2 months ago

Yeah but also no joke this book slaps. Awesome introduction to electronic structure theory for those interested. A bit dated, but hey those diagrams occupy the second half so they keep ya reading.

[–] BenLeMan 8 points 2 months ago

Right in the qussy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I can't seem to find this book

[–] cabron_offsets 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those dover books are the shiznit.

[–] model_tar_gz 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My Dover Ordinary Differential Equations book is my second favorite math book.

My first favorite is Spivak’s Calculus.

They’re both just so beautiful. Wish I had time to relearn it all again. :)

[–] CommissarVulpin 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Are you saying that if I picked up a copy of that differential equations book I might actually learn wtf is going on? Because I only passed that class with the help of wolfram alpha and never looked back

[–] marcos 4 points 2 months ago

Normally, the second time you learn something you tend to learn it much better.

[–] model_tar_gz 2 points 2 months ago

I don’t know dude. I took multivariable calculus, ODEs, linear algebra, modern physics; and a numerical methods for engineers class— all in the same semester. I was a fucking mess and swimming in integrals and derivatives and matrices and systems of equations (both differential and ordinary algebraic) 177% of the time. I honestly don’t remember anything of that five months of my life. 11/10 would not recommend.

I don’t know that any one book was a savior. I was reading from like three books per topic all at once to try to make heads and tails of anything and spending every minute I could in my prof’s and TA’s office hours.

Those two books were some of the only ones I kept, and just donated everything else. Maybe it’s just nostalgia.