Which Calculus Book is Best for Self-Learning?

shounakbhatta · May 16, 2013

Hello,

I am a self-learner. I am teaching myself calculus through different sources on the net, but I feel I book is handy.

Can you please suggest me a book on differential & integral calculus which:

(a) I can self-learn
(b) Has a lot of examples
(c) Clears out the concepts through simple examples

and which is a step by step approach even for a very basic beginner.

Thanks.

verty · May 17, 2013

Try MIT's 18.01SC course, it has all you need to learn from.

tfr000 · May 19, 2013

My favorite:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312185480/?tag=pfamazon01-20

tfr000 · May 19, 2013

Wow... what the heck happened there?

Mark44 · May 19, 2013

I don't know, but I deleted the duplicates.

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