What is Reddit's opinion of Basic Algebra I: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)?

From 3.5 billion Reddit comments

Basic Algebra I by Jacobson

Basic Algebra II by Jacobson

u should do some review with a basic algebra book or two after which u can progress to the advanced stuff

Hawking is a theoretical physicist. His craft is closer to math than it is to classical physics.

You made a lot of erroneous and hot-headed statements, but that's understandable. Since you seem to be very, very ignorant of math, I don't even know where to even begin to show you the differences - I am at a disadvantage here :) How about we talk about levels, then?

Most math an engineer knows is barely a first year material for a math undergrad. Math is so vast that even the grad students of math are at the very base of a huge mountain.

Here's Basic Algebra for a math major(flip through the first pages and checkout the contents).

Here's Algebra for engineers.

Notice how the algebra for engineers is a very small part of general algebra and non-rigorous at that.

Here's Calculus for engineers.

Here's Calculus for math majors.

This is not to say engineers are mentally inferior to mathematicians, it's just these two professions are concerned with fundamentally different things.