Are Dummies books series for maths good?
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I want to extend my mathematicks knowledge on topics such as Trigonometry, ALgebra and learn new ones such as Linear ALgebra and Calculus. I want to be game programmer and i want to learn this things... I saw there are many "for dummies" like books about mathematics.. Are they good? Is it worth buying them? Do you know any better books?
Get this instead 
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Physics-Programmers-Game-Development/dp/1584503300
or something similar. I love that book.
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Physics-Programmers-Game-Development/dp/1584503300
or something similar. I love that book.
I need to refresh this too
Sort of. It's in psuedocode so that it can be language independent but yes. It even goes into explanation as to how the computer handles ints and floats in memory. And it covers AI, search, and Collision techniques as well. I use it all the time.
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What nice that it covers AI, algorithms and other stuff too 
But can one book cover so many topics and actually write about all that things clearly and deeply?
But can one book cover so many topics and actually write about all that things clearly and deeply?
It's not a book, but I found the Linear Algebra lectures by a well-known MIT professor (on iTunes U) very helpful when I took the class in college last year. In fact, I think I learned more from the iTunes vids than I did from my own professor. I thought it was very well explained and he makes the subject much easier to understand.
http://itunes.apple....d354869137#ls=1
Edit: here's a bit about the professor on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia..../Gilbert_Strang
I thought it was very well explained and he makes the subject much easier to understand.http://itunes.apple....d354869137#ls=1
Edit: here's a bit about the professor on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia..../Gilbert_Strang
[font=sans-serif][size=2][/font][font=sans-serif][size=2]William Gilbert Strang (born November 27, 1934), usually known as simply Gilbert Strang, is a renowned American mathematician, with contributions to finite element theory, thecalculus of variations, wavelet analysis and linear algebra. He has made many contributions to mathematics education, including publishing seven classic mathematics textbooks and one definitive monograph. Strang is a Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He teaches Introduction to Linear Algebra and Computational Science and Engineering and his lectures are freely available through MIT OpenCourseWare.[/quote][/font]
What nice that it covers AI, algorithms and other stuff too
But can one book cover so many topics and actually write about all that things clearly and deeply?
Check it out for yourself:
http://books.google.com/books?id=8qBYYWbpLMUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=mathematics+and+physics+for+programmers&source=bl&ots=cPZvCU_UhJ&sig=gCkVRCwh8BcIl3gdAttFO1NGCaA&hl=en&ei=8X9tTaXrJYH88Ab29M2ODQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
If you have no experience with math, I would say the dummies book is good to start out with.
Then you can move on to the more complex things.
I first learned to program from the dummies series and it allowed me get accustomed to the vocabulary of programming. That is why I recommend it.
Then you can move on to the more complex things.
I first learned to program from the dummies series and it allowed me get accustomed to the vocabulary of programming. That is why I recommend it.
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What nice that it covers AI, algorithms and other stuff too
But can one book cover so many topics and actually write about all that things clearly and deeply?
Check it out for yourself:
http://books.google....epage&q&f=false
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Thanks, it look good
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