chrisamaphone rated Math Without Numbers: 5 stars
Math Without Numbers by Milo Beckman
Math Without Numbers is a vivid, conversational, and wholly original guide to the three main branches of abstract math—topology, analysis, …
The main reason I docked stars for this was a recurring theme of fatphobia, specifically Wood's lending credence to disproven medical myths around weight and its relationship to health, which is especially dangerous for someone regarded as a scientific expert to do. It's particularly unfortunate because, without those parts, this is a detailed and actionable book describing the current state of scientific knowledge around habit formation and habit breaking, written by one of the main leaders of that research.
