Treating a mathematics book as linear pretty much guarantees that your attempt to read it will fail. Reading a maths book is like playing a video game. "Oh shit! I don't know what the author is on about?" = getting killed. Going back to the start of the paragraph = restarting the level.
The game play is where you get out your pad of paper and try to construct a example, draw a diagram,... Having notes from yesterday, when it made sense = save point. If you cannot draw a diagram, understand your notes, whatever, you are killed again and go back another level.
The initial author's emphasis on books being linear suggests a rather limited range of reading.
The game play is where you get out your pad of paper and try to construct a example, draw a diagram,... Having notes from yesterday, when it made sense = save point. If you cannot draw a diagram, understand your notes, whatever, you are killed again and go back another level.
The initial author's emphasis on books being linear suggests a rather limited range of reading.