Is clrs really needed to be a computer scientist I want to dive in alghorithms and data structures and maybe AI this year. When I searched on internet everybody was recommending to read clrs. But I found it very complicated, because of the amount and the level of math in it. Is reading clrs really important to be a true computer scientist. If yes, how it can be easier to accomplish.
Note: I started reading Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++, but I'm planning to read other books also.
To be a computer scientist you need to be able to reason abstractly.  The reasoning expected in CLRS is an example.  You can find books with titles such as Discrete Mathematics that will help with some of the prerequisite material, and with some of the reasoning strategies.