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Title: The worst textbook I have ever encountered
Review: Johnsonbaugh may be an excellent mathematician, but he is a horrid communicator. Explanation of the material is incomplete at best. After muddling through the text on my own, I go to class (and receive a coherent explanation from my professor) and discover that I was wasting hours pulling my hair out over relatively simple concepts. The problem is that this text is so poorly written as to make simple concepts seem incredibly complex and frustrating. Along the same lines, more complex concepts are given short, incomplete explanations, while leaving out important middle steps. Unfortunately, this book is a required text for my class. Fortunately, however, I have a professor who CAN communicate mathematical concepts. If you are looking for a book you can use on your own, keep looking...
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