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Calculus I
Let's face it: most students don't take calculus because they find it intellectually stimulating. It's not ... at least for those who come up on the wrong side of the bell curve! There they are, minding their own business, working toward some non-science related degree, when ... BLAM! They get next semester's course schedule in the mail, and first on the list is the mother of all loathed college courses ... CALCULUS!
Not to fear--Idiot's Guides: Calculus I is a curriculum-based companion book created with this audience in mind. This new edition continues the tradition of taking the sting out of calculus by adding more explanatory graphs and illustrations and doubling the number of practice problems! By the time readers are finished, they will have a solid understanding (maybe even a newfound appreciation) for this useful form of math. And with any luck, they may even be able to make sense of their textbooks and teachers.
Not to fear--Idiot's Guides: Calculus I is a curriculum-based companion book created with this audience in mind. This new edition continues the tradition of taking the sting out of calculus by adding more explanatory graphs and illustrations and doubling the number of practice problems! By the time readers are finished, they will have a solid understanding (maybe even a newfound appreciation) for this useful form of math. And with any luck, they may even be able to make sense of their textbooks and teachers.
- GenresMathematics
352 pages, Paperback
First published July 5, 2016
About the author
W. Michael Kelley
32 books12 followersThe author has written a bunch of books about math (like The Complete Idiot's Guide to Precalculus, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Calculus (Second Edition), and The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems).
His website, www.calculus-help.com, hosts over a thousand unique visitors a day, even though it features an unflattering animated graphic of him dancing at his wedding.
(from the back of one of his books)
His website, www.calculus-help.com, hosts over a thousand unique visitors a day, even though it features an unflattering animated graphic of him dancing at his wedding.
(from the back of one of his books)
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October 27, 2017
Will the cannonball reach the ramparts of the castle, I wondered?
"Idiot's Guide..." is filled with numerous examples to elucidate obscure topics, military and otherwise. The examples brought the book alive, and ensured that I would remember something rather than nothing. This is a good thing because the mental dust in my head never ceases to accumulate. I'm always finding some under a penumbra of more viable brain cells.
I would have easily given this book a "5 star" but the version "First American Edition 2016", had so many errors and misprintings that if you read it on a ship traveling the channel, you would likely become seasick (avoid like the plague!). The proofreader should be roasted at the stake. Fortunately, I found an earlier version online but without the errors!
Now, where is that saltpeter and charcoal, I've been looking for?
"Idiot's Guide..." is filled with numerous examples to elucidate obscure topics, military and otherwise. The examples brought the book alive, and ensured that I would remember something rather than nothing. This is a good thing because the mental dust in my head never ceases to accumulate. I'm always finding some under a penumbra of more viable brain cells.
I would have easily given this book a "5 star" but the version "First American Edition 2016", had so many errors and misprintings that if you read it on a ship traveling the channel, you would likely become seasick (avoid like the plague!). The proofreader should be roasted at the stake. Fortunately, I found an earlier version online but without the errors!
Now, where is that saltpeter and charcoal, I've been looking for?
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