Can anyone recommend some Transformation Matrix tutorials for dummies?

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Can anyone recommend some good starting points for understanding Transformation Matrices for dummies like me with poor math skills.

I'm willing to learn the math, and I'm not a complete idiot (I hope) but the examples I'm finding seem to require a huge leap from what I know, to what I need to know.

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