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| Authors: Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 14861
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised, Updated, Expanded
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Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312185480
Dewey Decimal Number: 515
EAN: 9780312185480
ASIN: 0312185480
Publication Date: September 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent Calculus Primer June 11, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you have already taken Triginometry and College Algebra, you are perfectly tuned to read and appreciate this book.
Forget the "Dummies" or "Idiots" books that only superficially skim the meanings of the calculus: this one truly *delivers* on it's promise to make calculus easy by explaining not just the "hows," but the "whys!"
I give this book a full 5 star rating.
Best calculus book out there May 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wish I had been given this book in high school. I'm currently working on a computer science degree so I bought this as a kind of tutor for stuff I may have forgotten. It's totally worth it, and it makes it easier to understand - for anyone who may be afraid of math.
Best introductory calculus book ever... March 29, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Alleluia ! ! At last, a book about calculus that gives the reader the motivation to study it further. This book should be given to EVERY freshman in EVERY country. Or even better: this book should be given to EVERY teacher of calculus to show that calculus can ALSO be fun to learn.
Too many students are running away from calculus, simply because they do not perceive what calculus is about and how to use it. This book also transmits the passion of the author for calculus, which is rare enough to be mentioned.
Awsome. A must-have calculus introduction! January 9, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
What else can be said? A book that flashed Richard Feynman's head...
By the end of the book, one can be confident about knowing calculus basics (and some advanced drops as well).
Great reading!
Calculus From a Practical Point of View July 21, 2006
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I like this book because I hate limits. From a strict mathematical point of view limits are standard for explaining calculus. But from a practical point of view (physicists, engineers, economists) the notion of the infinitesimal may be the most appropriate. It's worth noting that Thompson's degrees of smallness are an accurate reflection of the theory of nilpotent infinitesimals described in "A Primer of Infinitesimal Analysis". A combination of these two books might make for a great introduction to practical and alternative-theoretical calculus.
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