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typos galore, terrible layout
The book is littered with mangled formulas, mostly due to the fact the minus sign is missing from most formulas. This is completely unacceptable in any math book, but particularly so in a book aimed at beginners, who will probably feel bewildered by the huge amount of nonsensical formulas.
Adding insult to injury, the poor layout of Kindle edition makes the book hard to enjoy. Section headings often appear as orphans at the bottom of pages and many formulas are displayed as small, low-quality images. The low image quality is especially visible when reading the book on a Kindle 2 as opposed to for example the Kindle Mac app. Inlining formula images with running text is particularly annoying, since it deforms the text layout.
I was so annoyed by these problems that I tried to return this book, only to discover that returns are not allowed for digital books.
Do NOT buy the Kindle edition of this book.
June 2010 · Books · verified purchase