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Thanks for sharing! Just read the first pages and it looks promising
replyFunny, both books scream default LaTeX
replyBoth books are default LaTeX. What’s wrong with that?
replyIt stands out as not too common a sight for books, so having two like this, more or less in the same style, on the same topic, both posted in this thread, is amusing. Maybe it's not that rare and I'm just not reading enough books from academics for whom a book is like a weird long paper with hand-holding for amateurs.
replyPhysicists use LaTeX and less often plain TeX a lot as you say because of writing papers. I think that the basic LaTeX book document style provides a workable set of features, and that lets the author just focus on the content. I'd imagine that commercial publishers e.g. OUP would redefine the basic macros to produce output in their house style.
replyFinished reading this book not too long ago, one of my top three textbooks. An absolute joy to read full on great insight.
replyNot sure how it feels to a beginner, but to someone with a good deal of familiarity in the field it put everything in such a nice tight conceptual package.
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replyThis looks quite interesting; thanks for sharing.
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