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Review: I took a course which used this text, and I must say that that class was the least interesting class I have taken in my life. I think that looking at algebra from a geometric standpoint (and vice versa, an equivalent statement) ruins both algebra and geometry. Algebra is beautiful. Geometry is beautiful, but for a different reason. The intersection of their beauty (also, the beauty of their intersection) is the null set.
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Review: I took a course which used this text, and I must say that that class was the least interesting class I have taken in my life. I think that looking at algebra from a geometric standpoint (and vice versa, an equivalent statement) ruins both algebra and geometry. Algebra is beautiful. Geometry is beautiful, but for a different reason. The intersection of their beauty (also, the beauty of their intersection) is the null set.
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Summary: A clear and well organized book.
Review: I took Ted Shifrin's Abstract Algebra course at UGA using the lecture notes that eventually became this book. Shifrin is one of the most decorated mathematics teachers around; his skill at presentation and his concern for student understanding come through in this book.A course taught from this book will, of course, reflect its instructors abilities and compatibility with the text. As a book to read yourself this is an outstanding text. The geometric flavor of the book works extremely well for the geometrically inclined. Because of its focus on clear instruction, its weakest role is as a reference book. If they'd only release a second edition fixing the books typos this would be more solid five star text. [...]
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Summary: A clear and well organized book.
Review: I took Ted Shifrin's Abstract Algebra course at UGA using the lecture notes that eventually became this book. Shifrin is one of the most decorated mathematics teachers around; his skill at presentation and his concern for student understanding come through in this book. A course taught from this book will, of course, reflect its instructors abilities and compatibility with the text. As a book to read yourself this is an outstanding text. The geometric flavor of the book works extremely well for the geometrically inclined. Because of its focus on clear instruction, its weakest role is as a reference book. If they'd only release a second edition fixing the books typos this would be more solid five star text. [...]
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Summary: The Worst Book of my Studies in Mathematics
Review: This is the worst math book I have ever encountered. It is counterintuitative moving backwards compared to other text books teaching the same content. This book could have been so much more informative, however, there are little theorems that are missing. It could have had more pictures illustating the bigger ideas! There is no solutions to odd numbered exercises. I struggled to find other books to help me through this one, but no other book I found approaches the material in the same manner.
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