I think the situation has improved somewhat as visualization tools have become easier to use. We made this simple visual [1] to help people understand what they might get out of linear algebra, and it was easy enough for some statisticians to accomplish.
I think you'd be better off buying a different algorithms textbook for another perspective. The Algorithm Design Manual is a popular (and much cheaper) option.
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