When you read textbooks and other technical material for full comprehension, you must read as carefully as you read the word problems in the last chapter. Occasionally you may not have time to read carefully and you may just skim the material. But you should recognize that when you skim, you will not comprehend many of the details. You cannot learn mathematics by skimming a math text, nor can you learn chemistry, physics, biology, or any other science by skimming textbooks in those areas.
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