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Summary: The ultimate for self-teaching..
Review: ..of calculus. This book is the best Calculus book I have seen so far, and I've been doing calculus for quite a while now. It's excellent if you need to self-teach yourself, refresh your memory, or even to just have it as a resource. I would recommend this to anyone.
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Summary: Your won't have made a mistake
Review: A solid textbook is a key factor for successful learning especially in mathematics. As a beginning learner, if you can't decide with conviction which book to choose to start your calculus journey, just choose this one. You won't made a mistake according to my own experience.
After you finish studying this text, then probably you will find other calculus textbooks just fine for further study or for refresh of your memory or for reference.
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Summary: Pricey, but if you are looking to learn calculus, this is A+
Review: After taking differential calculus, integral calculus, and elementary differential equations, I took a year off of college. Then when I came back, I had forgotten alot of things concerning those courses. Well, I bought this book because it had the most pages and seemed to cover the most information. Well, it was a good buy! It covered ALL of the material that I had covered in those 3 previous courses. It was a great book for refreshing my memory. This would also be a great book for learning calc for the first time also.
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Summary: Best Entry Level Calculus text I have seen. . .
Review: Anton's Calculus textbook is the best I have ran across. It is a fantastic text, most of the proofs are worked out and for the most part easy to follow. His writing style is clear and extensive in which he avoids being dense which is a common pitfall in many math textbooks.. (Especially Calculus.) The problems are generally the right difficulty, and the examples are generally very good. He spends a lot of time concentrating on concepts over computational techniques. Paraphrasing, I completely agree with his preface in which its more important to understand the concepts. . . because every problem in the book has been computationally solved, understanding the concepts is the most important thing. This is especially true of the at times esoteric and difficult subject of vector calculus at the end of the text. Anton also integrates (no pun intended) the use of CAS and graphing calculators in his text.The down side to the book is probably its price. It is a very expensive book! As good as this book is, Calculus is a hard subject matter. the textbook alone is not enough. Supplement it with a great teacher and a lot of hard work and one should learn calculus very well.
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Summary: Exceptional
Review: Anton's is the quintessential magnum opus of calculus. It is written with the struggling students in mind, and the advanced at heart; with its enlightening exposition yet perfectly rigorous derivations. The clear explanation goes unrivaled, and the beautifully told history of mathematicians simply entertains and inspires. Anton apparently would not let any competition in the aesthetic department either. Not only are the illustrations visually appealing, but they speak the language of clarity no word can possibly capture. A true example of the intertwined worlds of mathematics and art. In the Platonistic realm of Ideals, Anton's is The Book.
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Summary: This book is truly the best Intro Calculus text available.
Review: I have taught Calculus at the University level for well over 20 years now. When I first arrived, the school had already adopted the 1st edition of Anton's Calculus, and the school (and myself) have liked it so much that we have stuck with Anton for 20 years, until 2000. For some reason, the Math Department has decided to change to Stewart's book. Let me tell you, Anton's book is most certainly the best. The examples actually explain the concept, the concepts are explained coherently in words before the mathematics is presented, graphs are abundant where necessary, and the book eases students into Calculus. I have found that deficiencies in trigonometry plague students through the calculus sequence. Mr. Anton provides a thorough review in Appendix 1, which clears up the problems. Also, Chapter 1 is a review of Algebra and Coordinate Geometry. This gets students into a mental framework necessary to learn Limits (Chap 2), Differentiation (Chaps 3-4), Integration (Chaps 5-6), Logs and Exponential Functions (Chap7), etc. My ONLY complaint about this book is the way Anton leaves logs and the number e out until Chap 7. Students are expected to learn it all at once, where I feel it would be better distributed throughout the exercise sets. But, again, that is my ONLY complaint. IF YOU WANT YOUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CALCULUS, CHOOSE THIS TEXT. It truly beats the pants off Stewart's book!
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Summary: Best Calculus book ever written
Review: I have the 5th ed. .This book with the student solution manual and you have everthing you need to learn calculus on your own. Lots of good examples and grafts.
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Summary: Best textbook I've ever had
Review: I thought I was terrible at math until I picked up this book for a college calculus course. In contrast to virtually every other math textbook I'd ever been forced to use, this book explained concepts clearly and simply, providing examples that increased gradually in complexity. I happened to have a good professor that semester, but whenever I didn't understand something in class, I taught myself from this textbook. It was a rare pleasure to feel I could learn such a difficult subject independently. I ended up getting an A in the class - and more importantly, I learned I wasn't bad at math at all.
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Summary: The easiest book to use for all calculus students
Review: I thought this book gave many well thought out examples utilizing the edge of technology and it teaches you how to use the technology to its fullest potential. I thought this is the best calculus book out there.
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Summary: Best I've seen in 10 years of learning & teaching calculus!
Review: I took my undergraduate calculus sequence from Salas & Hille's text and thought it was quite good at the time, but I think Anton's book is clearly the best I've ever seen for the beginning student who really desires a clear understanding of calculus. The mutivariable calculus is especially well presented, and it is crucial that the students understand this material for their future work in mathematics. Anton really makes a strong effort to help students understand calculus. Anton rules!
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