Essential Calculus

by James Stewart

This book is for instructors who think that most calculus textbooks are too long. In writing the book, James Stewart asked himself: What is essential for a three-semester calculus course for scientists and engineers? ESSENTIAL CALCULUS, Second Edition, offers a concise approach to teaching calculus that focuses on major concepts, and supports those concepts with precise definitions, patient explanations, and carefully graded problems. The book is only 900 pages--two-thirds the size of Stewart's other calculus texts, and yet it contains almost all of the same topics. The author achieved this relative brevity primarily by condensing the exposition and by putting some of the features on the book's website, www.StewartCalculus.com. Despite the more compact size, the book has a modern flavor, covering technology and incorporating material to promote conceptual understanding, though not as prominently as in Stewart's other books. ESSENTIAL CALCULUS features the same attention to detail, eye for innovation, and meticulous accuracy that have made Stewart's textbooks the best-selling calculus texts in the world.

Genres: Textbooks, Mathematics, Reference, Calculus, Nonfiction, Science, Engineering

960 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2006

About the author

James Stewart is a professor of mathematics and a violinist. He has written a number of textbooks, notably on calculus.

For other James Stewarts, see similar names.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

after spending many late nights with this book I have developed a strange sexual attraction to it -- would recommend

[Hannah Sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this for 2$ at a book sale and read it until the Integrals chapter before 12th grade. It was extremely fun to study and there were so many problems that the fundamental concepts would just get ingrained in you after solving them all. Got a grade of 98 and 96 in basic calculus in 12th grade since the lessons were just like a review. A simple to understand “essential” math book that I’ll definitely always reference back to in college. Again, there are so many problems in this book to solve to train you rigorously.

[Mike Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid calculus text. Were I stranded on a deserted island, this would keep me entertained and busy for quite some time.

[Avinash Khatri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overpriced for the particular book, but is good to learn conceptual calculus.

[Steven Harmon · Rating 4 out of 5]

293 pages before they kiss - worth it though

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used this textbook for Calculus I, II, and III and it helped me tremendously through its easy to understand nature

[Tisha Maryam · Rating 1 out of 5]

DO NOT RECOMMEND. made me cry countless times throughout calc 1,2 and 3

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

At times I loved this book, at times I hated it, but it has consumed my life for the past couple months. Overall, a good calculus text, but at times the organization and order of the chapters has seemed strange.

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fairly good textbook in the hands of a good instructor. It did unfortunately lack the integration of inverse trig functions in chapter 5, which was disappointing. I'd recommend it though to a student with a thorough instructor.

[Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is pretty solid.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was okay... Solid calculus text book.

[Yosef · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got me through calculus 1 2 and 3, and remains my calculus reference.

[Roy Stillwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great calc book.