Learn the math?
I've been playing around with Arduino and ESP32 builds, using modules purchased from places like Adafruit (not advertising, just an example). I've decided that it's time to learn some real electronics, basics and fundamentals that don't rely on a programmable controller.
I've got the textbook The Art of Electronics, and I'm genuinely enjoying working through it. It's early yet, but I'm finding that I'm capably developing the intuition for what components do and how they work, including in circuit designs.
However, I know FA about the math. I have a head for math and am not scared of it, but I have no mathematical education at all. No calculus, etc. So while I'm picking up what components do, capacitors are a good example, and how they are used in circuits, I can't do a lick of the math. I wouldn't have a clue how to use the formulae they provide to determine the correct capacitor to use for any given application.
My question is this - as a beginner, how crippling is this? Am I best to keep ploughing forward developing intuition about how circuits are arranged and try to fill the math gap later, perhaps just by using calculators and never learning it raw at all, or would you recommend pausing on the electronic stuff and take some remedial math education so that I can follow 100% of what's going on in this text as I work through it?
Any and all advice welcome.
TL;DR - I can't do the math that accompanies learning about electronic components and how they work. Do I need to be able to, or am I better blagging it using other people's calculators and focusing on the intuition?