I don’t think the author necessarily presented anything brand new to the world. But what he did present, was explained in such an accessible way that I found a lot of his points on concepts I was vaguely familiar with finally “clicking.” As such, this book did a great job of stimulating a lot of half cocked thoughts. However I am now in the position of having about 10 different notes on my phone of half cocked thoughts of mathematical concepts and their applications to current problems I am working on. So if I have a complaint, it’s that this book was too shallow. I don’t want to have to take a follow up course on regression or non-linearity to understand its applications and the best ways to use those concepts. However, the book itself is a compelling enough case for practical mathematics that I might seriously consider it.

Awful title. Solid book. A fun jaunt through math as a general field.