Calculus and Its Applications

by Marvin L. Bittinger, David J. Ellenbogen, Scott J. Surgent

Calculus and Its Applications, Tenth Edition , remains a best-selling text because of its accessible presentation that anticipates student needs. The writing style is ideal for today’s readers, providing intuitive explanations that work with the carefully crafted artwork to help them visualize new calculus concepts. Additionally, the text’s numerous and up-to-date applications from business, economics, life sciences, and social sciences help motivate readers. Algebra diagnostic and review material is available for those who need to strengthen basic skills. Every aspect of this revision is designed to motivate and help readers to more readily understand and apply the mathematics.

Genres: Textbooks, Science

696 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1995

Reviews

[Weylin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book made up for an unskilled instructor. I wouldnt have learned a thing if it wasnt for this book. I spent 16 weeks with this book. I might as well add it to the READ collection

[Emma Bradford · Rating 1 out of 5]

Does this count as a book? Sure!

[Brianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine. Nothing to write home about, but basically everything I know about calculus came from this book. The accompanying material in MyMathLab was super helpful and I really appreciated it. The book itself was less helpful than those problems, but it was good enough to make up for the strange circumstances of taking a math class during the pandemic.

[Jake Jeffries · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a Calculus textbook. Enough said.

[Owl]

Used the 12th edition for my college Calc class. A painful ride. Clear as mud. And that's coming from someone who's typically math savvy.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

It a good starting place for someone with no exposure to calculus and is looking for businesses application of calculus. I liked how similar example types (the cost/revenue questions at the end of the chapters) were carried through each chapter to see how different techniques and what they mean are applied. Most of the problems are very easy to solve and have little variation from the chapter sample problems which can be good or bad depending on your need. It means I skipped over many of the word problems as they were just the same exact problems with different scenarios so the application part is very narrow.

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

After failing college calculus due to a brain injury, I retook an independent study course that used this as the text. I found it very useful for someone with some exposure to teach myself the calculus.