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 | | Quick Calculus: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition by Daniel Kleppner, Norman Ramsey ISBN-10: 9780471827221 ISBN-10: 0-471-82722-3 ISBN-13: 9780471827221 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-82722-1 Paperback 1985-10-28 John Wiley & Sons Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Quick Calculus 2nd Edition A Self-Teaching Guide Calculus is essential for understanding subjects ranging from physics and chemistry to economics and ecology. Nevertheless, countless students and others who need quantitative skills limit their futures by avoiding this subject like the plague. Maybe that’s why the first edition of this self-teaching guide sold over 250,000 copies. Quick Calculus, Second Edition continues to teach the elementary techniques of differential and integral calculus quickly and painlessly. Your "calculus anxiety" will rapidly disappear as you work at your own pace on a series of carefully selected work problems. Each correct answer to a work problem leads to new material, while an incorrect response is followed by additional explanations and reviews. This updated edition incorporates the use of calculators and features more applications and examples. "…makes it possible for a person to delve into the mystery of calculus without being mystified." —Physics Teacher | ||
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The quickest, and arguably best, introduction to the core of calculus - but containing an unexpectedly large number of errors. This is, arguably, the best self-teaching primer for differential and integral calculus. This well-designed book allows readers to progress at their own pace without the need for classroom instruction. This work, written by two award winning physicists, one a nobel prize winner, is none-the-less applicable to non-scientists as well. If your schedule only allows time for one book, this is it. Its really what its name implies. The only caution is that earlier printings of the second edition contain a larger number of errors than expected. I counted well over 50 in my fourth printing of this edition. I recently purchased a new copy of this work from Amazon. Fortunately, this later printing, the 21st, has corrected many of the errors present in my earlier copy. In light of this, and the relatively low price for a new copy, a new rather than used copy is possibly the best choice. However, even in those printings where more errors than expected exist, this is perhaps the best introduction to calculus basics available. | ||
Self teach calculus After using this book for a tuorial i would not recomend it to anyone. There is no substitution for a text that explains the resons you aer doing what you are doing. This book walks you through problems as you progress. If you dont understand something you have nothing other than the problem you dont understand to work with. DONT USE THIS BOOK! | ||
A classic still in print for good reasons Like many of the other reviewers, this book was invaluable for me at an earlier time. It teaches in small, digestable bites, and provides reinforcement of what it teaches. A person MIGHT do as well with a conventional problem book, but only with a great deal of discipline. | ||
Great refresher book This is a great book for refreshing your knowledge of basic calc. It is very fast to go over. It teaches by using problem examples with increasing difficulty. There is very little repetition, and each concept or type of problem is only in the book once and possibly twice at most. That said, I would not recomend this for someone that has never taken any calculus in their life. Otherwise, I covered log functions, and derivatives in only a couple hours with great comprehension! | ||
Quick read, easy to follow This book has helped me review my calculus that has long been forgotten. It starts with review of algebra, trigonometry, and pre-calc material. Then dives into single variable derivatives and integrals. I don't think there is any multi-variable calculus. | ||