Animating Calculus: Mathematica(r) Notebooks for the Laboratory

by Ed Packet, Stan Wagon, Ed Packel

Calculus and change. The two words go together. Calculus is about change, and approaches to teaching calculus are changing dramatically. Thus it is both timely and appropriate to apply techniques of animation to the varied and important graphical aspects of calculus. AB a computer algebra system, Mathematica is an excellent tool for numerical and symbolic computation. It also has the power to generate striking and colorful graphical images and to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387947485
• ISBN13: 9780387947488
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Calculus Student's Recollections

My teacher for Calculus II happened to be Stan Wagon (one of the contributors), so perhaps I am a bit biased- but, I thought that this book was an excellent introduction to both Mathematica and the foundations of advanced calculus; however, it is definitely not for everybody (advanced students would be teribly bored- this is my reason for not giving it the full five stars). "Animating Calculus" is defintely a worthy investment for beginning/intermediate calculus students who work with Mathematica as their CAS system.