Calculus: Early Transcendentals

by William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

Drawing on their decades of teaching experience, William Briggs and Lyle Cochran have created a calculus text that carries the teacher’s voice beyond the classroom. That voice–evident in the narrative, the figures, and the questions interspersed in the narrative–is a master teacher leading readers to deeper levels of understanding. The authors appeal to readers’ geometric intuition to introduce fundamental concepts and lay the foundation for the more rigorous development that follows. Comprehensive exercise sets have received praise for their creativity, quality, and scope.

Genres: Mathematics, Textbooks, School

1216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[cathy]

Awesomeeeeeeeeeee

[Andrew Obrigewitsch · Rating 2 out of 5]

I used this book for Calculus 1, 2 & 3. It's decent at points, but really fell down at others, and tended to give really bad examples or none at all. I felt it nearly impossible to understand the last chapter. thank god for online resources, because with this book alone I would have been in trouble.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great calculus book which explains the subject in a comprehensible way so people can understand it. Used it for cal 1, 2 and 3 and use it for review now.

[Nikolas Albertson · Rating 3 out of 5]

An OK read. I focused on the multivariable calculus chapters in the book. Concepts were explained well, but could be realized with better theoretical explanations.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used it for Calc 1 & 2. Transferred to a different uni, the in-house Calc 3 book they had made me miss this book sorely. Not bad at all, I can only remember one or two sections that I couldn't wrap my head around.

[Jim Zubricky · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an okay math book. It was very well-written with great explanations in the beginning, but around Chapter 6, the explanations became more muddled and cloudy.... hence my evaluation.

[Kyle Wisser · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dreadful

[Bora Hourt · Rating 5 out of 5]

love all problems from this shit!