Visual: Complex Analysis

: Imagine a society where everyone is required to learn musical scores but is strictly forbidden from ever listening to or performing music.

: Reviewers have compared its impact and style to the Feynman Lectures on Physics because it constantly asks "why" and provides beautiful visual answers. Visual Complex Analysis

In his preface, Needham uses a parable to explain the book's existence: : Imagine a society where everyone is required

: Students and professors can read the notes, but they are tongue-tied when asked, "What's the point of all this?". but they are tongue-tied when asked