--- product_id: 8587982 title: "No bullshit guide to math and physics" price: "€ 62.81" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/8587982-no-bullshit-guide-to-math-and-physics store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # No bullshit guide to math and physics **Price:** € 62.81 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** No bullshit guide to math and physics - **How much does it cost?** € 62.81 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/8587982-no-bullshit-guide-to-math-and-physics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy No bullshit guide to math and physics on desertcart.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders Review: Outstanding Book once you get over the swears and political swipes - I teach advanced placement math, including to High School students interested in Computational Mathematics (Boolean, combinatoric, sequential logic, matrix calculus, etc.). This book and Glendinning's wonderful all-topic overview of advanced math ( Math in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained In An Instant (Knowledge in a Flash) ) are my best "go to" texts for both orienting and refreshing students, and giving a taste for how the concepts apply to advanced topics. Some reviewers ding this book for either the author's swearing or political jokes. Well, I agree that if you're sensitive about your students being exposed to mild profanity, you probably wouldn't buy a book with BS in the title anyway. I'm with those reviewers and wish the author had stuck to his area of genius-- making math understandable, but the content is SO good that one can ignore this and a couple other deficits. The book is not as much math and physics as calculus and physics. It does give some very well explained intro materials on algebra and geometry, in the context of how calculus applies to motion and physics. The author is an astonishingly intuitive teacher, showing with many problem examples how the equations really model the problem components, in a really practical way. By intuitive, I mean this (my own example, not from the book): If you run at 2 miles an hour, you're obviously running a 30 minute mile. 3 miles an hour would be a 20 minute mile (3 20's in 60). 4 miles an hour a 15 minute mile. Question: does this series converge on an equality (minute mile = mph), and if so, where? The answer is where intuitive comes in: YES, the convergence is at the square root of 60, which answers the question of which two numbers when multiplied equally give the INDEX of the problem, or 60. the answer is 7.7459666... as where the minute mile equals the miles per hour. The INTUITIVE part of the problem is that it illustrates that a square root is more than just the diagonal (sqrt 2) of a unit square, it also is a practical tool used often with indexing to balance equations. Today, the older practice of solving equations at a simple level with substitution and balancing has been replaced with functional inverses, and indeed, in the author's "background chapter" does exactly that, giving a wonderfully intuitive look at, for example, why using functional inverses throws log solutions into equations in the exponents, a pretty advanced topic! The author is dead wrong when he says that if you can solve x squared minus 4=45 you can skip the chapter, there is WAY more in the chapter of value even if you have that rudimentary skill. The book continuously applies calculus to physics problems, with great examples and many outstanding exercises. If you never really "got" calculus as slope finding or areas under curves, this gives the "intuitive" motion stopping ability of the techniques in a much more intelligible way. Sure, you get the traditional limits stuff, but the APPLICATIONS he gives are the real gold here. Highly recommended as a refresher, self teacher, and for AP High School or beginning undergrad science students as prep for advanced classes. The author's stated objective (and his strong feelings reflected in the swearing) is to present a less expensive volume that does a lot more than the rip off texts that charge $200 and are "padded" with BS to increase the price. In my opinion, if you can get over the idiosyncrasies common to self publishing, he accomplishes this admirably. Review: Great for calculus students! - This book was great for helping fill in any gaps that were missed by lectures. I used this book religiously throughout Calc 1 and Calc 2 in college. Highly recommend it for any students that are struggling with those classes! I still go through it even after graduating as a reference when working on video game programming. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #142,703 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #20 in Physics of Mechanics #73 in Calculus (Books) #87 in Mathematics Study & Teaching (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (339) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.19 x 8.5 inches | | Edition | 5th ed. | | ISBN-10 | 0992001005 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0992001001 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 528 pages | | Publication date | August 7, 2014 | | Publisher | Minireference Publishing | ## Images ![No bullshit guide to math and physics - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71HyY+CifdL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding Book once you get over the swears and political swipes *by P***Z on February 7, 2016* I teach advanced placement math, including to High School students interested in Computational Mathematics (Boolean, combinatoric, sequential logic, matrix calculus, etc.). This book and Glendinning's wonderful all-topic overview of advanced math ( Math in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained In An Instant (Knowledge in a Flash) ) are my best "go to" texts for both orienting and refreshing students, and giving a taste for how the concepts apply to advanced topics. Some reviewers ding this book for either the author's swearing or political jokes. Well, I agree that if you're sensitive about your students being exposed to mild profanity, you probably wouldn't buy a book with BS in the title anyway. I'm with those reviewers and wish the author had stuck to his area of genius-- making math understandable, but the content is SO good that one can ignore this and a couple other deficits. The book is not as much math and physics as calculus and physics. It does give some very well explained intro materials on algebra and geometry, in the context of how calculus applies to motion and physics. The author is an astonishingly intuitive teacher, showing with many problem examples how the equations really model the problem components, in a really practical way. By intuitive, I mean this (my own example, not from the book): If you run at 2 miles an hour, you're obviously running a 30 minute mile. 3 miles an hour would be a 20 minute mile (3 20's in 60). 4 miles an hour a 15 minute mile. Question: does this series converge on an equality (minute mile = mph), and if so, where? The answer is where intuitive comes in: YES, the convergence is at the square root of 60, which answers the question of which two numbers when multiplied equally give the INDEX of the problem, or 60. the answer is 7.7459666... as where the minute mile equals the miles per hour. The INTUITIVE part of the problem is that it illustrates that a square root is more than just the diagonal (sqrt 2) of a unit square, it also is a practical tool used often with indexing to balance equations. Today, the older practice of solving equations at a simple level with substitution and balancing has been replaced with functional inverses, and indeed, in the author's "background chapter" does exactly that, giving a wonderfully intuitive look at, for example, why using functional inverses throws log solutions into equations in the exponents, a pretty advanced topic! The author is dead wrong when he says that if you can solve x squared minus 4=45 you can skip the chapter, there is WAY more in the chapter of value even if you have that rudimentary skill. The book continuously applies calculus to physics problems, with great examples and many outstanding exercises. If you never really "got" calculus as slope finding or areas under curves, this gives the "intuitive" motion stopping ability of the techniques in a much more intelligible way. Sure, you get the traditional limits stuff, but the APPLICATIONS he gives are the real gold here. Highly recommended as a refresher, self teacher, and for AP High School or beginning undergrad science students as prep for advanced classes. The author's stated objective (and his strong feelings reflected in the swearing) is to present a less expensive volume that does a lot more than the rip off texts that charge $200 and are "padded" with BS to increase the price. In my opinion, if you can get over the idiosyncrasies common to self publishing, he accomplishes this admirably. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great for calculus students! *by E***N on July 23, 2025* This book was great for helping fill in any gaps that were missed by lectures. I used this book religiously throughout Calc 1 and Calc 2 in college. Highly recommend it for any students that are struggling with those classes! I still go through it even after graduating as a reference when working on video game programming. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simply, amazing. *by M***. on October 7, 2014* Okay, so I just got this book not too long ago and have read through quite a bit of it. First off, I have to say, Mr. Ivan Savov is a genius. This book is clear and concise. It cuts straight to the point without trying to make things complicated; nor does the writer speak to you like you're to have this natural understanding as to what everything is. It is truly a "no bulls***" text. I would recommend this as a supplemental book to any kind of text that a first year Calculus/Physics student would be taking. I could even go as far as to say that this book works as a wonderful self-teaching text. Aside from all of these wonderful technical aspects, my jaw was and still is dropped with the amazing hidden messages within this book. In between all of the learning, Ivan touches base on the importance and value of the tools being presented within this text. Whatever it is you decide to use these tools for is entirely up to you. All in all, this book definitely deserves a 5 out of 5 stars. My only regret is that I wish I could meet Ivan Savov to shake his hand. ## Frequently Bought Together - No bullshit guide to math and physics - No bullshit guide to linear algebra - The StatQuest Illustrated Guide To Machine Learning --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/8587982-no-bullshit-guide-to-math-and-physics](https://www.desertcart.be/products/8587982-no-bullshit-guide-to-math-and-physics) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-24*