Which Calculus books are recommended for beginners and more advanced learners?

[Luke101]

Hello, I'm wanting to get a solid maths background so i can pursue physics but I've pretty much forgotten everything i learned at GCSE level.

Can you please recommend a beginners calculus book and a more advanced Calculus for when I've done. Any other Maths topics i should be looking into?

Please post your recommended books, thanks alot, Luke :)

 

[satyasaichand]

basic books for calculus :

* Larson, Ron, Bruce H. Edwards (2010). "Calculus", 9th ed., Brooks Cole Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780547167022
* McQuarrie, Donald A. (2003). Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, University Science Books. ISBN 9781891389245
* Stewart, James (2008). Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 6th ed., Brooks Cole Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780495011668
* Thomas, George B., Maurice D. Weir, Joel Hass, Frank R. Giordano (2008), "Calculus", 11th ed., Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-48987-X

* thomas calculus is also a good book for calculus...you should also have to concentrate on linear algebra for applications, probability and statistics also

 

[Luke101]

Thanks a lot for the reply! ill look into getting them

 

[Rasalhague]

I've found Michael Spivak's Calculus refreshingly clear and reader-friendly.

 

[Angry Citizen]

I prefer Stewart's Essential Calculus to his longer text. It's a wonderful book for introductory calculus. Very easy to read, has good exercises, and some of his explanations (especially on continuity) are genius.

I have no suggestions for advanced calculus, however.

 

[QuarkCharmer]

I like Spivak's calculus, but I would not consider it a beginner book at all. A great deal in the first few chapters goes undefined, and it's almost like he expects the reader to have some formal knowledge of mathematical wording. I would stick to something like the Stewart book.