I'm a big fan of the author's other books, Think Python and Think Complexity (haven't had the time for Think Stats), I found them more understandable than most other books that purport to teach people of the same skill level.

I'm hoping this will be as good, but all the negative comments here leave me skeptical. Perhaps this is the crowd that would enjoy K&R C more than Think Python. The former is more of a reference to me than an introductory tome. Perhaps everyone here is just better at math than I am.