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Read on Hacker News…Oreos..." That is not the kind of dressing up they need, no. But if you compare your basic Silver Burdett piece of shit to a book like "Mathematics: A Human Endeavor" or Geometry by the same author (Harold Jacobs), you'll see the difference. I have the Geometry book. It uses Escher, Alice in Wonderland, and other great and useful devices for explaining math. (Hofstadter uses the same devices - not a coincidence, I am sure.) It uncovers math in everyday life and unexpected places. It reveals. It pulls back the curtain. That is the magic of learning. It does not pander , which is what all the other textbooks do. And, in fact, the entire school system does.
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