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Linear Algebra : A Modern Introduction Strand Critics Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2008) in surroundings of poetic beautyDavid Poole's innovative book emphasizes vectors and geometric intuition from the start and better prepares students to make the transition from the computational aspects of the course to the theoretical. Poole covers vectors and vector geometry first to enable students to visualize the mathematics while they are doing matrix operations. With a concrete understanding of vector geometry, students are able to visualize and understand the meaning of the