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Summary: Not Helpful
Review: I was required to buy this book. It was a waste of my money. I had to go out and buy another book that I could understand.
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Summary: Trust me, it's better than the alternatives.
Review: I bought the "Calculus" version of this for my Calc II class this summer unlike the rest of my Calc III classmates who have the Early Trancendentals version of this book (purchased at a different school). It's the same book, set up a little different. I love this book. My teachers practically teach page by page. There's actually SPACE to scribble in. Fanatstic graphs. And there are ANSWERS in the back, folks. Trust me -- if they REQUIRE a Stewart's book and you're past Calc I, get this version, NOT Early Transc. or Single Var. It'll take you thru at least three classes, if not four... and it's a great reference for later. ^___^
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Summary: Classical Approach
Review: I used this book for Multivariate Calculus only, but I found it to be clearly worded and very helpful. The exercises I found to be complete. Now, as I am tutoring Calc I and II, I find that another strength of the book is its classical approach, which I appreciate greatly. The author never once leaves a topic solely to the technology, but tells the student the theory behind the technology. That way, the student can instantly recognize whether an answer the computer gives him is correct or not. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Confusing Presentation
Review: Up until I took calculus from this book I thought I was pretty good in math. On several occasions I read the author's presentations over and over. Either he has no idea how to explain things OR I have simply lost my math ability. I hope it is the latter because I need to take two other math courses. Hopefully, they will not be courses that use books by this author.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I adopted this book for my college calculus class because it is supposed to be widely used in colleges. I am VERY disappointed in the organzation and presentation. Now, I am stuck with this book and I am not happy about it. What makes me angry is that a bad book increases my work load. I have to find additional material and exercises for my students and I have to spend so much more time explaining things. If you are considering adopting this book, I suggest you show it to your students and ask them if they find the explantions helpful. I strongly suspect that they will tell you they don't.
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Summary: Not Recommended
Review: I was forced to teach from this book for one semester. I hope I never have to do it again. The worst part of it was that my students found the book so confusing that they were constantly in my office asking questions. I have used several other calculus books and this one generated the most student complaints.
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Summary: Can't Understand The Explanations
Review: I tried reading this book, but I simply cannot understand the author's explanations. I wonder if he ever had any experiences with real students in a real classroom?
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Summary: The Worst Math Book I Ever Had
Review: I can't believe that this book has any positive reviews at Amazon.com. Who wrote them? The author's mother? This author knows nothing about how students learn calculus.
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Summary: Weak In Calculus Theory
Review: I don't expect a beginning level calculus text to have all the rigor necessary to develop calculus with precision. I do expect, however, that the author of such a text be honest and tell students that the mathematical precision necessary for the course is only appropriate at higher level courses. What bothers me greatly about this text is that it purports to be rigorous, complete, and precise. I am writing this review to tell you that it is not! It has many problems in theory, especially in the third semester. Here is one example of the sloppiness in the text. The text claims that a "parametric curve" is a set of points in the coordinate plane. This is not correct. This is the definition of a "graph." A parametric curve is supposed to be defined as a set of points in the coordinate plane TOGETHER with a set of parametric equations that generate the points.
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Summary: Disjointed
Review: I cannot recommend this text for use with students who need help with calculus. Perhaps students who already know calculus might find the book interesting, but that is only a guess. I can attest to the fact that the typical student in my class found the text disjointed, frustrating, and verbose.
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