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How to Ace Calculus: The Streetwise Guide

by Colin Adams and Abigail Thompson and Joel Hass

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Publisher Comments:

Do you remember being hopelessly confused in calculus class? Afterwards, you asked your brainy friend over a cup of coffee. "What was going on in that class?" Your friend then explained it all to you in five minutes flat, making it crystal clear. "Oh", you said, "is that all there is to it?" Later, you wished that friend was around to explain all the lectures to you.

How to Ace Calculus will play the role of that friend. Written by three gifted teachers, it provides brief and highly readable explanations of the key topics of calculus without the technical details and fine print that would be found in a formal text. Capturing the tone of students exchaging ideas among themselves, this unique guide also explains how calculus is taught, how to get the best teachers, what to study, and what is likely to be on exams?all the tricks of the trade that will make learning the material of first-year calculus a piece of cake

Funny, irreverent, and flexible enough to use with any traditional or reform-based calculus text. How to Ace Calculus shows why learning calculus can be not only a mind-expanding experience but also fantastic fun.

Synopsis:

Written by three gifted teachers, this book provides brief and highly readable explanations of the key topics of calculus without the technical details and fine print found in a formal text.

Synopsis:

Written by three gifted—and funny—teachers, How to Ace Calculus provides humorous and readable explanations of the key topics of calculus without the technical details and fine print that would be found in a more formal text. Capturing the tone of students exchanging ideas among themselves, this unique guide also explains how calculus is taught, how to get the best teachers, what to study, and what is likely to be on exams—all the tricks of the trade that will make learning the material of first-semester calculus a piece of cake. Funny, irreverent, and flexible, How to Ace Calculus shows why learning calculus can be not only a mind-expanding experience but also fantastic fun.

About the Author

Colin Adams is Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. He is the author of The Knot Book and winner of the Mathematical Association of America Distinguished Teaching Award for 1998. Joel Hass is Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis, and Abigail Thompson is also Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis. Both have held fellowships from the Sloan Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780716731603
Subtitle:
The Streetwise Guide
Author:
Colin Adams and Abigail Thompson and Joel Hass
Author:
Thompson, Abigail
Author:
Hass, Joel
Author:
Adams, Colin
Author:
Adams, Colin C.
Publisher:
W.H. Freeman & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Study and teaching
Subject:
Calculus
Subject:
Calculus -- Study and teaching.
Copyright:
Publication Date:
July 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
9.17x7.26x.68 in. .93 lbs.

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