It's been said that no one explains anything so well as when they are trying to persuade you of something.

One of my favourite textbooks is E.T.Jayne's "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science". The entire book is designed to convince the reader of the superiority of Bayesian methods in probability, and the writing is particularly clear and understandable. I suspect that the quality of the writing is partially a consequence of the book's opinionated nature.

Another example of this is "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Sheldon Axler. The book is written with the unusual approach of banishing determinants all the way to the final chapter. In trying to prove that this is the right way to go about things Axler has produced an excellent textbook.

So I suspect that other "opinionated" books might also be very well written. What other books or textbooks (at any level and in any topic) are written in a way that tries to push a particular point of view?

It's been said that no one explains anything so well as when they are trying to persuade you of something.

One of my favourite textbooks is E.T. Jayne's "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science". The entire book is designed to convince the reader of the superiority of Bayesian methods in probability, and the writing is particularly clear and understandable. I suspect that the quality of the writing is partially a consequence of the book's opinionated nature.

Another example of this is "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Sheldon Axler. The book is written with the unusual approach of banishing determinants all the way to the final chapter. In trying to prove that this is the right way to go about things Axler has produced an excellent textbook.

So I suspect that other "opinionated" books might also be very well written. What other books or textbooks (at any level and in any topic) are written in a way that tries to push a particular point of view?

It's been said that no one explains anything so well as when they are trying to persuade you of something.

One of my favourite textbooks is E.T.Jayne's "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science". The entire book is designed to convince the reader of the superiority of Bayesian methods in probability, and the writing is particularly clear and understandable. I suspect that the quality of the writing is partially a consequence of the book's opinionated nature.

Another example of this is "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Sheldon Axler. The book is written with the unusual approach of banishing determinants all the way to the final chapter. In trying to prove that this is the right way to go about things Axler has produced an excellent textbook.

So I suspect that other "opinionated" books might also be very well written. So what other books or textbooks (at any level and in any topic) are written in a way that tries to push a particular point of view?

It's been said that no one explains anything so well as when they are trying to persuade you of something.

One of my favourite textbooks is E.T.Jayne's "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science". The entire book is designed to convince the reader of the superiority of Bayesian methods in probability, and the writing is particularly clear and understandable. I suspect that the quality of the writing is partially a consequence of the book's opinionated nature.

Another example of this is "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Sheldon Axler. The book is written with the unusual approach of banishing determinants all the way to the final chapter. In trying to prove that this is the right way to go about things Axler has produced an excellent textbook.

So I suspect that other "opinionated" books might also be very well written. What other books or textbooks (at any level and in any topic) are written in a way that tries to push a particular point of view?