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Title: Ouch!
Review: I bought this book, without reading any reviews, on the basis it would demonstrate the usual lucidity of the "In a Nutshell" series. Alas no. It is a fine example of a pedantic, overly qualified academic book; almost comical in its lack of clarity. Vague diagrams followed by long lists of overly precise bullet points are the preferred mechanism of imparting knowledge (one can imagine the author sweating to impart maximum exactitude in the minimum word count). I'm sure the author knows the subject, however, I would defy any generalist to make head or tail of it. The last book I read as staggeringly incomprehensible as this was Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - and at least you know with Wittgenstein it's going to be incomprehensible before you part with your cash. So in a nutshell, no.
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