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Summary: A very simple introduction to calculus.
Review: All the calculus I took in college I forgot because I used to just remember the formulas without actually understanding the concepts behind them. Needless to say, I forgot everything about calculus as years went by. I find this book to be very approachable. The author does a great job in explaining clearly the concepts behind all the math instead of hitting you with all these formulas. I never thought calculus would be this simple...Great book!
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Summary: A wonderful resource for math reading
Review: Dr. Gootman has put together an excellent and concise introduction to Calculus. I would recommend this book to high school/college students or anyone interested in math. It is to-the-point, but thorough. It is an affordable text that works for supplemental reading as well as a stand-alone curriculum. If you are taking Calculus, read this book. Whatever your understanding, this book will improve your math skills.
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Summary: This is the title of my review.
Review: I have been using this book for the past three years, and it never fails to be useful. I would reccomend this book to anyone interested in learning calculus and especially to those who need further explanations and practice. Ninjagoof signing out ...
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Summary: AMAZING BOOK....
Review: I love math or at least i think i was good at math. But after one year of calculus in high school. I felt i was like the stupidest person in my calc class. My average was a B at the end but that was after hours and hours of formula memorize and tons of practice problme(and not to mention i bomb the AP calc exam). And now im going into college and seems like i might have to take calc again which is not a good idea for me. but what can do i...and in desperately wanted to understand more of clac i came across this book....this book is truely amazing...it exaplin everything i learn in my clac class and probably for the first time i clearly knows the meaning of calc and why this calc so much more important...i recommand this book to EVERYBODY...it's soooo good...I wish the auther can wrtie a book on Calculsu 2..and 3...
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Summary: All the calculus one could need.
Review: My friend and I have gone through more than a dozen calculus books looking to understand the subject. This was the first one to really explain itself well. It starts with the algebraic basics and works up to the calculus at whatever rate one sees fit. Now, a few weeks later, we're both fluent in differential calculus and working our way through integral calculus -- all from a basic algebra background.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This book was my crutch as I struggled through Calculus I. Each chapter presents the material in a "readable" format. Read it, do the problems at the end of each chapter, and the concepts come to life. I wish there was a book like this for each of my classes.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This book was my crutch as I struggled through Calculus I. Each chapter presents the material in a "readable" format. Read it, do the problems at the end of each chapter, and the concepts come to life. I wish there was a book like this for each of my classes.
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Summary: Great Book...buy it now!
Review: This is a great book. I have been using it as a self-study guide to learning calculus and its been of amazing help. There are adequate number of examples in each chapter along with excercises and answers. The book does not indulge in futile background information sessions nor does it burden us with 20 million methods of solving a problem; Instead the author provides us with simple yet understandable and memorable explanations of what is what and why. Also, I find the chapters short and easy to ponder and digest. Had I only known calculus was this great and easy to learn 10 years.
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Summary: Great Book...buy it now!
Review: Why do I like this book? It assumes you can wing it on some of the algebra and glosses the trig and logarithmic stuff to get to the brass tacks... derivatives and anti-derivatives (integrals).In simple notation and examples it explains and emphasizes the use of limits to derive the calculus, gives examples and a good dose of exercises WITH ALL ANSWERS in the back!!! It is not the ultimate calculus tome, it is a great review, it is short enough to handle after hours (since I work for a living) and is a relaxing text with which to work, each section is of good size. Keep in mind, you will still need that tome on hand for deeper study and more exercises but this book cuts through the piles of pages most calc books bury you with before getting to the work at hand. Which is how one really learns the art of applying the process of calculus.
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