Ratings14
Average rating4.3
It took a while for me to warm up to this book. The writing style is fun and inclusive but I felt like I was getting ghosted when it came to any hard maths with things being teased but ultimately left unknown. I know realistically most proofs are absolutely meaningless to most readers but I felt like I was being short-changed. However, I found as I got further in and the chapters were able to reference each other and the previous content many loose ends started to get tied off nicely and build what ended up being a completeness to the topics covered.
Obviously it's not exhaustive or massively comprehensive in its covering of this subject but I think the book and the author do a great job of making abstract topics not only accessible to readers, but also kind of fun. It's certainly an interesting read with a lot of new ideas and concepts for me, and a extended my knowledge of things I thought I was familiar with.
Overall I think the book achieves its goal of making obscure mathematics enjoyable and absorbing.