Do you read math & hard science books? How?
noonespecial: If they don't take a good bit of time to read, then you're not doing it right. These are books full of tools for the mind. The best way to read them is a little at a time, taking the parts that click in your mind and trying them out on problems that seemed insurmountable before. The first time you open a big box of strange tools, it won't be immediately apparent to you what they are all for.Finding a good math book is like stumbling into that room full of all of the weapons on your first time through Doom...