Programmers wanted for peer review on my new book

[Flatfrog]

Hi 'Scapists.

I'm currently working on a new edition of my book Mathematics and Physics for Programmers, which is coming up for ten years old now. I'd really like to recruit a few people to take a look at the work in progress and give me some feedback on it - ideally a mix of people with different levels of mathematical ability and experience - and I thought this might be a good place to find some. I'd particularly like to speak to people who have worked with current-gen 3d engines as it's not really my area.

If you have some knowledge of programming and are willing to give me a few hours between now and November, I'd appreciate it. I can't offer anything but my gratitude, a mention in the Acknowledgements, and a copy of the book when it comes out, but who knows, you might find it useful.

And if anyone wants to use this space to make suggestions about interesting topics I might include, I'd certainly be happy to read them - it's a big book but there's space for some extra material.

 

[Rosiv]

I tried computer science in college,but flunked outt because it was too hard. Is this book geared towards graduates or students/novices? And I read the description, but if it teaches some programming, what language does it teach with?

 

[Flatfrog]

I tried computer science in college,but flunked outt because it was too hard. Is this book geared towards graduates or students/novices? And I read the description, but if it teaches some programming, what language does it teach with?

It's geared primarily towards developers of casual games, especially those who come from non-mathematical backgrounds; it assumes literally zero mathematical knowledge, although it moves on quite quickly from the initial 'easy' chapters on numbers and algebra to the meaty stuff. It does assume a little programming knowledge (but not much).

Because it isn't designed to teach programming, but rather the mathematical ideas used in programming, it's written to be language agnostic. The code examples in the book are all written in my own 'pseudocode' which is a simple text-heavy programming language loosely based on Lingo. I'm also creating some demos which implement some of the code in JavaScript using HTML5. I make a few mentions in the book of how particular languages deal with some of the issues, but mostly I steer clear of that side of things.

 

[Frezzato]

I can't help but notice that there's no ebook/Kindle version available. Is that something you intend on introducing later on or is it some other reason? Because I would certainly love to do that for you gratis.

Why do I want to help? For learning, experience, and helping others.

 

[Flatfrog]

I can't help but notice that there's no ebook/Kindle version available. Is that something you intend on introducing later on or is it some other reason?

I don't get that option because the copyright belongs to the publishers - but I'll definitely mention it to them.