Barbara Oakley books

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) (2014)

The title of the book doesn't do it justice. This is a book about how to get good at anything, not just math and science. It's a light read because it's full of simple advice. But the stuff it teaches is effective, and I wish it had been taught to me back in 1997 when I was starting graduate scho...