Calculus

by Ron Larson, Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards

Designed for the three-semester calculus course for math and science majors, Calculus continues to offer instructors and students new and innovative teaching and learning resources. This was the first calculus text to use computer-generated graphics, to include exercises involving the use of computers and graphing calculators, to be available in an interactive CD-ROM format, to be offered as a complete, online calculus course, and to offer a two-semester Calculus I with Precalculus text. Every edition of the series has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Eighth Edition is the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy. Two primary objectives guided the authors in writing this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and saves the instructor time. The Eighth Edition continues to provide an evolving range of conceptual, technological, and creative tools that enable instructors to teach the way they want to teach and students to learn they way they learn best.

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

1328 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Roland "Ron" Edwin Larson

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent text book. Used this to teach AP Calc BC

[William Schram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uses applications in science and engineering to demonstrate the concepts learned. The text has little biographies of people that did mathematical things strewn throughout and multiple worked examples. The book uses lots of computer-generated graphics and other things. I would say it is an excellent reference as well since it has tables of derivatives and integrals in the book along with answers to odd-numbered exercises.

This particular text covers topics ranging from beginning limits to vector calculus. So it obviously builds on what was learned. Just in case you never had it, it also covers some Precalculus in the very beginning of the book. The text also contains little projects that people can do to demonstrate the ideas taught.

I got this book for College so I can't remember the last time I cracked it open. In any case, I guess it is good that I didn't get rid of it. The only real problem is that the book seems to be a bit 'busy' if you will forgive the expression. With all of the little images and biographies and pictures it sometimes gets distracting.

[Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful book. It explains the concepts quite well, and it gives proofs for most theorems and rules. My one problem with this book is that in the applications, it uses imperial units rather than metric.

[Jeor · Rating 3 out of 5]

great to practice with his lectures but it's much drier than other calculus books

[sophia · Rating 2 out of 5]

mid.

[Summer · Rating 5 out of 5]

It cost me $90, I better like it.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Limits are definitely an allegory for other things. :) Fantastic Math

[LocoErasmo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy buen libro para cálculo. Muchos ejemplos.

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it is nesesary for us

[Nguyệt · Rating 5 out of 5]

so good