The reason I ask is because I'm looking for better (i.e., more readable) textbooks for advanced Calc and Linear Algebra. So far this is the best one I've found:
Stan Gibilisco, Bob Goodman, and Norman H. Crowhurst, Mastering Technical Mathematics
If you (or anyone else--pinging Professional Engineer!) have any recommendations on books that you've found helpful I'd be interested.
My sisters have just done college algebra and precalc at the college level, but then they're studying soft subjects like history. (just kidding - I rather envy them, but nooo, I have to be a computer person)
History's only soft if you don't apply the laws of Psychohistory :) I ended up with history as one of my majors, but I started in physics as a freshman--the paper I mentioned I published was on Werner Heisenberg's philosophy of science. My brother's the computer geek in the family, though--works in the computer department at Lucasfilm. He's better than me at computers because when our Dad got our first PC he hogged it all the time :)