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Dala  ·  2185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 4, 2018

I was not expecting them to both show up at the same time, so I got some work to do.

The big difference between The Road to Reality and seven Pratchett novels is that novels are light reading... this is a guide to physics being read by someone who estimates her current mathematical capabilities at a 3rd grade level. Like when he talks about fractions at the beginning? I'm nodding and thinking, I know I learned fractions in school but I remember nothing about how to deal with them now. The good news is that I have been doing exercises on Khan Academy occasionally in an attempt to build my skills back up to something less pathetic.