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Summary: Calculus Early Transcendendentals (3rd Edition)
Review: I have read many calculus text and I must say this is one of the best. It helps prepare one for courses in physics and more advanced mathematics courses. I am so glad to see that Stewart hasn't been corrupted by the so called reformed movement.
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Summary: Dry, Obtuse, Frustrating
Review: I suffered through 3 quarters of calc with stewart's last edition (3rd ed.) at OSU. This book will likely prove exceedingly difficult for the math averse, and is certainly a terror to read for even science/eng majors who have not seen the material before. Lucid it is not. The chapter on infinite series/sequences is terrible. If you are buying this book for a calc class I strongly suggest you buy the solutions manual; for several sections, including very important ones (eg integration by parts, trig substitution, chain rule, some series stuff), the explanation in the book was so obscure/incomplete that I actually learned the material by consulting the solutions manual. I have not used the study guide, and cannot comment on its usefulness.
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Summary: Extremely useful and student-friendly text.
Review: This is an excellent calculus text. It is, in fact, one of the best texts I have ever used. The explanations are perfectly clear and concise; the examples extensive and relevant. The exercises cover the material beautifully, and are great practice for exams.One reviewer below complains that the text does not cover any analysis. This is true, but is hardly a serious flaw. If you are looking for coverage of analysis, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a text that covers the fundamentals of calculus with clarity and depth, this is the one to go for.
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Summary: Not a good math textbook for instruction
Review: From the actual use of this textbook, I have found that this textbook does not work well with my students.
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Summary: Hated it
Review: Really didn't like the book
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Summary: Advanced High School Calculus
Review: Having completed a two semester college introductory course in differential and integral Calculus based on M. Spivak's book, a browse through Stewart's Calculus left me with a somewhat sour taste of mouth. Practically no demonstrations of theorems; little reference to basic analysis, which some people consider THE most important difference between a great Calculus course and a run of the mill one. If anything, this is a good book on learning how to use the tools provided by Calculus, but without an adequate focus on the subject itself. I could have grudgingly given three stars, had it not been for the absurdly high price. Definitely not worth it.
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Summary: calculus
Review: oi, Srs. james Stewart ve seu livro e gostei nuito um livro de Calculo. o livro era Calculus 3 edtion da brooks. Mas nao tenho dinheiro e condiçao de compra um livro desse. Sou um estudante de engenharia e gostaria se possivel receber um livro desse do senhor pois no meu pais os livros sao muito caros e sao de pessimas qualidades . Se possivel gostaria de receber um lirvo desse. desculpe incomoda o senhor antenor.
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Summary: The Best Calculus Textbook I've Ever Read
Review: A fantastic book. Every topic is explained thoroughly and with a down-to-earth style of writing.
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Summary: Unimpressed
Review: I am a beginning calculus student at the local JC and have found this book to be a bit frustrating. While Stewart is very fluent, his explanations can be sterile and long-winded. At the same time Stewart's definitions, typically lacking a symbol explanation, are too abbreviated for my particular learning style. As I have progressed through the course I can see why Stewart chose to leave these symbols out, many are used repeatedly and to a professional it would seem redundant to include an explanation. However, as a student I find that this repetition is an important part of the learning process. A foreign language text makes a good analogue. Like a foreign language, math has a vocabulary and one can not simply be given a few words in the first chapter and then be expected to regurgitate them at will. While the overall organization of the book is very good, it is lacking in the specifics. Any one who uses this book will inevitably spend a lot of time performing unnecessary page turning, as the author often neglects to include the page numbers along with references to specific parts of the text. Stewart doesn't even provide the reader with an adequate convention by which the definitions could be found, numbering his definitions simply 1, 2, 3...etc. for each section. If I already knew calculus and were using this book as a reference I would probably give it a higher rating and perhaps even recommend it to you. As a student however, I feel it really doesn't work for me and I couldn't recommend it to anyone else.
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Summary: Excellent variety of problems. Rigor enough for beginners.
Review: Not to quarrel with success. I find the book overlong, overpriced, with no softcover edition. The publishers scholastic integrity has suffered, profiting by selling the book by its weight in pounds, and pushing its value to the potential student and some professors by page count. This author has suffered from the publisher's demands for too many reviewers, a committee which if it had designed a horse would have presented us with a camel. Stewart shines through that for in his examples and exercises and problems for the student.
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