The phrase "and even understand" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the ability to comprehend something, often in a context where understanding is considered surprising or noteworthy.
Example: "With practice, you can learn to read complex texts and even understand the underlying themes."
Alternatives: "and truly grasp" or "and fully comprehend".
Rather than forgetting algorithms, they retain and even understand them.
I am in constant awe at polyglots such as my wife who can communicate effortlessly in half a dozen languages and even understand related languages they don't know.
But there is no reason that a machine or a mathematician cannot use an inconsistent system of logic to prove things like Gödel's theorem and even understand that, just as Gödel did.
As a designer with no previous knowledge about the organization, I am approaching issues that are difficult to communicate and even understand myself, such as land trusts, public parcels, and data disaggregation.
In interacting with the beauties (and even with the other geeks), I came to the conclusion that, although a lot of us come from different worlds, we can certainly get along, find some common ground, and even understand and appreciate each other.
Though fashion journalists admit the importance of commercial lines, and even understand their increasing role in a global marketplace, they have a see-no-evil policy about them and feel a childlike sense of disappointment when such clothes pop up on a top designer's runway.
Kodak created a digital camera, invested in the technology, and even understood that photos would be shared online.
Ertegun had taste, luck and timing — and unlike other, more mercenary industry executives, he actually liked (and even understood) the music he made.
It was then that I realised just how smart he was - he rhymed green with spleen and even understood the medieval meaning of the word spleen.
The latest connected devices can anticipate and assist, even understand.
