Why are Soviet mathematics/physics textbooks so insanely hardcore in comparison to US...?

There are more than 80 answers to this question. I put my perspective. I have few books on my shelf on mathematics and physics published by Mir Publishers. These books are “dry” and “insanely ha…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [Why are Soviet mathematics/physics textbooks so insanely hardcore in comparison to US textbooks?]( Rajratna Adsul, former Physics writer. • [Answered September 23, 2021]( [There are more than 80 answers to this question. I put my perspective. I have few books on my shelf on mathematics and physics published by Mir Publishers. These books are ... Read more » [Upvote] 2.6K [Comment] 107](   [What is the worst rock band you can think of, or have heard of, and why don't you like them?]( Robert Wade Bess, Child of the 70's • [Answered May 3]( [It wouldn't really be fair to call them the worst rock band I can think of, because I could easily rattle off the names of twenty bands I'm less fond of off the top of my h... 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