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Reader' Reviews

Calculus Studied The Right Way / / 2010-03-10
This book is great to teach and to learn from. This book can save you money at some schools as this edition of the book can cover Calculus I, II, and III; you could end up spending over $300 if you buy the two volume edition of the book.

This book does great job explaining most lessons and concepts. The examples are detailed and the proofs are sometimes done in two different ways that will make you more interested in the math than you probably did before.

What I also like about this book is how all the sections seems to come together and magnify. For example section 9.1 and 14.3 are both on Arc Length, but one is in two dimensions and the other is in three dimensions. The presentation of both perspectives will make you think on how to think twice on the same situation. The weirder thing about it is there are 3 more ways to get the same number! lol.

A great read and investment.

Math Math Math / / 2010-03-08
Arrived quickly, and in new conditions. Has good examples for every section, and a great review for every chapter; as well as convenient formulas at the front and back of the textbook. Can be used for CALC I, II, and III.

Calculus Book Review / / 2010-02-17
The book came between the specified dates and was in great condition. I was very pleased with the book.

The Whole Truth / / 2010-01-28
How this book is rated depends on one factor: Do you want to learn calculus? If you do, then this book is excellent. Read each section twice while carefully thinking about what is going on. I will say that a small percentage of the exercises are difficult, not because the concepts are difficult, but because it can be hard to know how to set the problem up and because students forget trigonometry or algebra. Find the Instructor Solutions Manual and use these harder exercises and all the project questions to enhance your understanding of the subject, not to obsess over for hours because you can't figure it out. If you don't get a problem within a reasonable amount of time, simply look at the solution and fully understand how it was arrived at.

If you don't like math AND you don't want to learn it, this book will torture you, maybe more than other texts, at least for Calc 2 and Calc 3.

Probably the best Undergrad Calculus Text / / 2009-12-05
I had this book for Calculus I, II, and III. It does a decent job at explaining everything and there are some good exercises in the book. If you actually read through the chapters, you will find yourself picking things up easier, and there are great examples in the reading.

This is probably as good as you are going to get in a Undergraduate Calculus text. I find myself going back to it every now and again to refresh my knowledge.