Learn Calculus for Physics: Videos & Books

[Patriciamsv]

I am very interested in physics, and so naturally I would like to teach myself the necessities of calculus, in order to allow myself to understand physics more.

Could anybody recommend any videos or books I could get started with?

 

[micromass]

I highly recommend "A first course in calculus" by Serge Lang. It is a very good book to learn calculus and it's really worth going through.

You might want to supplement it with videos of Khan academy. Be warned: the word is "supplement", do not use it as a primary resource! And don't forget doing a lot of calculus exercises, even the mere "drilling exercises".

A book you should eventually go through is Spivak's calculus. But I do not recommend this for a beginner. Go through Lang first to get an intuitive and conceptual feel of the theory. Then go through Spivak to get a more rigorous view of things.

 

[Romaine]

If you wanted to go the e-course route, you could try:

Education portal
The Saylor foundation
Coursera
EdisonLearning
MIT Courseware

If you want to try free ebooks, you could try:

Calculus in Context
Calculus (Paul Dawkins)
Calculus(wikibooks)
Calculus: A Modern Rigorous Approach
Differential and Integral Calculus(C.E Love)
Calculus, Applications and Theory(Kenneth Kuttler)

These are just a few. Here are some links to some free calculus ebooks:

e-booksdirectory.com
Bookboon.com
Math and multimedia.com
Gutenberg.org
Free-books.net

 

[adelin]

You can use mit courseware. They have Calculus I and II and book aren't necessary.

you can buy Calculus by Thomas/Finney 9 edition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MccSGWZdM_A&list=ECF5E22224459D23D9&index=2, Calculus I by the University of Missouri - Kansas City


The Calculus Lifesaver:
All the Tools You Need to Excel at Calculus
by Adrian Banner.It includes videos to explain the material in the book.