If you read Amazon's product description it says: "the book shows how to learn and teach mathematics through investigation, experimentation, and discovery." That is a bit vaguely worded, does "how to learn" mean how to learn higher math and that you will be proficient in all math by the end of the book? No, this book teaches the process of how to learn math, how to go about solving complex math problems. You will learn some math as the book uses examples from different areas of math to show how to go through the experimentation process. I have a lot of quick learning math books such as "Calculus the easy way" type of books, and some books indeed are better than others in explaining the content. But in the end you need a complete foundation of base knowledge to be able to use something like Calculus, there are no shortcuts. And so it is with this book, you are required to have some familiarity with high school level math, this book will only equip you with tools you need to learn such a huge subject, not magically make you understand everything.
Regarding the price of the book, it should be mentioned that this book is a hardcover book with a high quality binding. You might notice that when you buy hardcover coffee table books that the binding will wear and become loose after a while or even break if you open it too wide. The binding on this book is very solid, yet the covers and pages will readily open widely and dont have to be broken in to hold open. Publishers need to be held accountable to the quality of their product, the publisher spared no expense on this book and deserve mention for it in this review.
