Single Variable Calculus

by James Stewart

Book Overview

SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS provides you with the strongest foundation for a STEM future. James Stewart's Calculus series is the top-seller in the world because of its problem-solving focus, mathematical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0538497831
• ISBN13: 9780538497831
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 960 Pages
• Weight: 4.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.7" x 10.1"

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I used this book when I did my Undergraduate Premed Classes at the University of Miami.

This was a great book because it came with a CD that provides a visual way of teaching and introduction to Calculus. The CD's got modules; lots of test questions; and various games to assist you in the learning process. The book contains fundamental equations and formulas from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and a table of integrals on the inside of the front & back covers. Answers to odd numbers are given. I recommend it to anyone reviewing Calculus or just beginning to learn Calculus! These new Calculus books are going for more than $140! Why buy it so expensive when you can get a older version that teaches the same thing and is inexpensive?

For what its worth, this is a good Calculus textbook

This book covers the first twelve chapters of the full edition of Calculus by Stewart. I would actually recommend buying that book instead of this one if you are planning on taking up to Calc. 3 because they are similar in price but the full version includes Calc 1, 2, and 3 material. Anyway, I used this text for both Calculus 1 and 2 in college. The first six chapters cover the course material for Calculus 1: Introductory Analytical Geometry, Limits, Derivatives, Applications of Derivatives, Integrals, and Applications of Intergrals. Chapters 7-12 covers course material normal for Calculus 2: Inverse functions/Derivatives and integrals of exponential and logarithmic functions, Techniques of Integrations, Applications of Integration to Physics/Engineering, Differiential Equations (which we didn't cover), Parametric Equations/Polar Coordinates, and Series. For some reason chapter seven includes different verisons of certain sections but they are basically the same anyway. Unlike other reviewers, I think that this book was very helpful. It is possible to learn the material if you put a lot of effort into it, which you need to do if you really want to learn Calculus. I can see why reviewers would find this book difficult to use though. Truthfully, I found the Calc 1 material much more difficult than the Calc 2 material, probably because more of the calc 1 material is based on theory. The section about graphing fuctions using derivatives is especially difficult. It is extremely difficult to take the derivatives of some of the functions the book gives you, let alone find the critical points, etc. Also, some of the maximinization problems are virtually impossible to solve and a number of the related rate problems are very tricky. Finally, I think that I can truthfully say that I rarely solved integrals correctly by the long way (using summations). Some people think that Calc 2 is the hardest math subject in the world, but I found the calc 2 material much easier than the calc 1 material. The calc 2 chapters deal more with just solving problems particularly limits, integrals, and series, and the "proofs" for equations are just given on the side or in the appendex. You should already know the basics, so there is nothing really tricky here (except maybe integration by partial fractions) and if you put the effort into working problems, you will probably do ok. Calc 2 is all about 1) Learning how to solve problems by recognizing trends and 2) Commiting some formulas and equalities to memory in order to solve problems and learn about applications of math. As far as I can see, Stewart's problems are as good as any to learn Calc 2. If you plan on studying Calculus in college, I would suggest first buying the book "Calculus the Easy Way" to look over first. It is pretty good; it covers all Calc 1 material and a good chunk of Calc 2 material. I would also suggest buying the solutions manuel to Stewart's text because it is helpful to see how t

Great Book to Learn Calculus!

I used this text for calculus I and II. The text teaches you calculus by the typical brute force method (evaluate these integrals or differentiate these functions) along with some application problems and calculator/CAS problems. It is organized well, has plenty of nice illustrations, and plenty of proofs - so it makes for a good reference book if you go on into advanced calculus.