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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to bacte2013's post in the thread Calculus Anton Calculus vs Stewart Calculus for HS Students with
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Dear Emmanuel_Euler, I do not know if this is already too late, but "Calculus with Analytic Geometry" by George Simmons is also... -
TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to bacte2013's post in the thread Calculus Comparing Calculus Books: Which Edition of Thomas' Calculus is Right for You? with Like.
"Calculus with Analytic Geometry" by George Simmons! It is the best of best calculus book I ever known (in my personal opinion, much...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to vela's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
I used to feel that you had to have calculus to truly learn physics, but I've grown to think the opposite. There's a surprising amount...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to smodak's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
+1 I need to teach my 15 year old daughter, who is in 9th grade, AP calculus AB and make sure she does well in the exam. I am surely not...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to Demystifier's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
You must be a mathematician. :biggrin: Just recall how calculus has been introduced by its inventors, Newton and Leibnitz. There is a...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to vanhees71's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
They taught mathematics as a collection of recipies to solve the standard problems in the books but never explained why these recipies...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to MidgetDwarf's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
I am assuming most of the high school textbook, were full of pictures,diagrams, non related math jargon, and only the calculation...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to vanhees71's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
Well, to recommend good university books for freshmen to high school students is good advice. When I was about in the 8th grade, I had...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to alan2's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
You really should stop recommending Spivak or Apostol for high school students who have no clue what calculus is. Those of us who...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to bacte2013's post in the thread Calculus Any Calculus Starter Textbook suggestions? with Like.
I strongly recommend George Simmon's "Calculus with Analytic Geometry". He writes very clear, sophisticated exposition for both high...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to bacte2013's post in the thread Calculus Comparing Calculus Books: Which Edition of Thomas' Calculus is Right for You? with Like.
Mr. MidgetDwarf, Could you tell me why Serge Lang's Calculus (I assume you meant his two-volume single- and multi-variable calculus)...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to NathanaelNolk's post in the thread Calculus Is there a good book to self study calculus? with Like.
You're missing the point. A solutions' manual directly tells you whether you got problems wrong or not. This adds motivation and helps...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to micromass's post in the thread Calculus Is there a good book to self study calculus? with Like.
I disagree. A solution manual can be a lot of help. You just need to use it correctly.
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to NathanaelNolk's post in the thread Calculus Is there a good book to self study calculus? with Like.
The problem isn't with the solution manuals but with people not being able to work through the exercises without taking a peek at the...
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TThe_Eternal_Observer reacted to bacte2013's post in the thread Calculus Is there a good book to self study calculus? with Like.
There is a second edition, where Simmons corrected all mistake on the first edition and added more materials for the multivariable...