Student Study Guide to Accompany Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, 2nd Edition

by Pat Shure, Eric Connally, Andrew Pasquale, et al.

Book Overview

From the Calculus Consortium based at Harvard University, this comprehensible book prepares readers for the study of calculus, presenting families of functions as models for change. These materials... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471333999
• ISBN13: 9780471333999
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful precalculus deep inside the functions and modeling

I really have difficulties to understand some reviewers given one star for such a wonderfull book. If you read this book before Uni, you will have a stable ground for calculus. All frequently used functions and their practical usage as modelling tools are lucidly explained. I finally know what hyperbolic functions are, I finally know how the path from given data to an appropriate model works. I finally know how can I practically sketch seemingly complex but simple functions. It's strength based on model oriented approach to functions. This has pratical value for all candidate engineers... Without any doubt I'll give five stars to acknowledge the authors.

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Great for understanding functions

Great book! It is especially good for understanding what different functions do, and how. This is very important for understanding calculus. Great examples, always linking functions with things in real life.

An Excellent Guide to Calculus

As a student of one of the books contributing authors, I was able to gain a unique perspective into the material itself. The text was very informative and easy to understand. The real world applications (yams, fruit, the Quabbin Reservoir, etc.) added to the book, but by no means detracted from the overflowing content. I highly recommend this book as a guide to anyone studying calculus.

Honestly

This textbook is excellent and well-written. Such examples as the ones involving the Quabbin Reservoir brought a realistic approach to the problems into the learning experience. Perhaps I am biased, since the course for which I used the book was taught by one of the authors (Andrew Pasquale), however, I feel that the book itself was invaluable. Many years later and now a college graduate (with a minor in math), I still have distinct memories of the particular problems within the book and the knowledge acquired from the course. I strongly encourage the purchase and usage of this book in a Calculus curriculum.