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Your INTEGRAL tool for mastering ADVANCED CALCULUS

Interested in going further in calculus but don't where to begin? No problem! With Advanced Calculus Demystified, there's no limit to how much you will learn.

Beginning with an overview of functions of multiple variables and their graphs, this book covers the fundamentals, without spending too much time on rigorous proofs. Then you will move through more complex topics including partial derivatives, multiple integrals, parameterizations, vectors, and gradients, so you'll be able to solve difficult problems with ease. And, you can test yourself at the end of every chapter for calculated proof that you're mastering this subject, which is the gateway to many exciting areas of mathematics, science, and engineering.

This fast and easy guide offers:

• Numerous detailed examples to illustrate basic concepts
• Geometric interpretations of vector operations such as div, grad, and curl
• Coverage of key integration theorems including Green's, Stokes', and Gauss'
• Quizzes at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning
• A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work

Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for a more advanced student, Advanced Calculus Demystified is one book you won't want to function without!

Customer Reviews (8)

Well written, easy to understand
I bought this book to help me in multi-variable calculus calculus class. The subjects that were in the book were great and very helpful, unfortunately there were a lot of things left out. This book would probably be better for a class that combines linear algebra with multi-variable calculus, at my school they are separate classes. We covered a lot of things that were not even mentioned in the book. If you are considering this book make sure to take a good look over the table of contents and make sure it's worth it.

5 stars for quality minus 1 star for quantity.

Advanced Calculus DeMystified
I found this book to contain very poor explanations of the problems presented. I would not recommend wasting money on this book. Search for a better book for help with Multi-Variable Calculus!

Excellent introduction to the practical core of its subject
In relatively few words, and quite painlessly, this book can teach you the core of advanced calculus. The examples are easy at first and never "jump" to an incomprehensible level. The exercises are numerous enough to ensure you get the point.

Not a thorough treatment, of course. That is not the purpose. This book will take away the initial horrors and set you on a course of comfortable understanding. You will "get it". And quickly.

Buy it now.

needs serious revisions
I bought this book to better understand my calculus textbook, and ended up using my calculus textbook to better understand this book!

The practice problems are very hard to understand. 90% of the problems in this book are worded in such a way that I could not even figure out what I was even being asked to solve. The wording of the problems is very hard to follow, it is very unclear how the information that he is giving you fits into the formulas that are there.

Not a bad book, but...
I took a course in vector calculus and linear algebra 15 years ago but was forced to drop out of college and have forgotten most of the material. I am preparing to go back to college and complete a degree, so I want to get caught up.This is not a bad book as a supplement to a good text, but it's not a good text book on its own.I thought I'd be able to use this by itself, but I ended up using my calculus textbook to actually learn the subject matter, then I used this text to fill in the gaps and review. ... Read more

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Contains carefully worked-out solutions to all the odd-numbered exercises in the text.Part One Corresponds to Chapters 1-11 of Thomas' Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Eleventh Edition. ... Read more

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Great product/seller
This book was in perfect condition no problems and fast shipment definitely would do business again

a good help for the serious student
solutions are a bit sketchy, but clear if you're willing to dig in and work with them.A valuable reference for serious students who want to excel in calculus.Also a helpful guide for tutors and instructors, to save preparation time and energy. ... Read more

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This ingenious, user-friendly introduction to calculus recounts adventures that take place in the mythical land of Carmorra. As the story's narrator meets Carmorra's citizens, they confront a series of practical problems, and their method of working out solutions employs calculus. As readers follow their adventures, they are introduced to calculating derivatives; finding maximum and minimum points with derivatives; determining derivatives of trigonometric functions; discovering and using integrals; working with logarithms, exponential functions, vectors, and Taylor series; using differential equations; and much more. This introduction to calculus presents exercises at the end of each chapter and gives their answers at the back of the book. Step-by-step worksheets with answers are included in the chapters. Computers are used for numerical integration andother tasks. The book also includes graphs, charts, and whimsical line illustrations. Barron's Easy Way books introduce a variety of academic and practical subjects to students and general readers in clear, understandable language. Ideal as self-teaching manuals for readers interested in learning a new career-related skill, these books have also found widespread classroom use as supplementary texts and brush-up test-preparation guides. Subject heads and key phrases that need to be learned are set in a second color. ... Read more

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Calculus if you already know calculus
If you need to learn Calculus form scratch don't buy this book. It is fun reading but there is too little explanation and hardly any examples of the problems they assign at the end of the chapters. If you have already had a couple of courses in Calculus this would be a great review book. But it just doesn't live up to it's name.

Improved AP Calculus Score
I came across this book in high school.In my senior year I had a rather serious case of mono that kept me home for months.The district sent a "homebound" teacher to keep me current with my classes, but she was not able to help with my AP calculus class.So, my mom got this book for me and it was very engaging.I finally understood real-world applications for calculus and understood the reasons behind the formulas.When it was time for the test, I received a greater score than my classmates.It took me longer to take the test because I didn't know the formulas from memory as well.However, I was able to reconstruct them because I had an understanding of the why and how behind the formulas.Few books have made me smile when I think of them many years later, but I still have a fondness for this one.

Very good but
This is a pretty good Calculus book.Most but not all of the problems have good explananations.I have found several glaring mistakes with the answers in the back and also in the exercises where the problem has been printed incorrectly for example a plus sign where a minus sign should have been.I have had to go on the internet several times to find how an answer was derived because the book especially in the back where the answers are seemed to skip major steps.I dont see how working with this book while taking a course could help because it is pretty labor intensive.Make sure your trig and algebra and precalc skills are pretty well honed before starting in this book.

Having said that this book has helped me out a lot.The new concepts are pretty well explained.Has lots of diagrams to help out.

It Is Calculus The Easy Way
After taking calculus 18 years ago I needed a refresher. Boy do I wish that this had been my calculus book back then. It was so easy to read, the examples were great and the problems even better. It is story based, which makes it more interesting to follow. Before the end of the chapter problems there is a worksheet page that starts with very basic problems and gets the brain juices flowing to make it easier to answer the tougher exercises at the end of the chapter.

Know what you're buying...
After being very impressed by Barron's Organic Chemistry book, which I used to help me study for the PCAT, I bought this Calculus book without looking inside.It's nothing like the other book I bought.It's written like a novel, with ponderous medieval settings and dialogue used to explain calculus concepts that should really be straightforward.

I hated it.Maybe if you have no practical need for learning calculus, or if you have infinite time on your hands to do so, you'll like it.But for me, it made it 1000 times more difficult to learn.I had to dig through mountains of foolishness to find what was really a simple rule.It's not like it balances the "fun" with a clear presentation of concepts--it's all fun, and the concepts themselves are hidden like Easter eggs.Calculus the hard way, if you ask me.I'd rather have a regular calculus textbook any day, if they weren't so darn expensive. ... Read more

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Get this and Mulitivariable
The solutions manual was a great purchase.This book breaks down the problem and shows step-by-step on how to complete the problem.

If you're only planning on taking (Calculus 1 up to Calculus 3) then this book is all you need.But if you're going to take Calculus 4 (Multi-variable Calculus) then you should get the second book.

Very Helpful!
I'm taking an online Calculus 1 course and I wouldn't have been able to get through the many homework assignments without this solutions manual! It provides step-by-step solutions that are easily understood by even the most mathematically challenged. I would definitely suggest purchasing this manual to accompany the actual textbook. ... Read more

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Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross a room and eventually touch the opposite wall. Just how calculus makes these things possible and in doing so finds a correspondence between real numbers and the real world is the subject of this dazzling book by a writer of extraordinary clarity and stylistic brio. Even as he initiates us into the mysteries of real numbers, functions, and limits, Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subject, revealing how the calculus reconciles the precision of numbers with the fluidity of the changing universe.

"An odd and tantalizing book by a writer who takes immense pleasure in this great mathematical tool, and tries to create it in others."--New York Times Book Review ... Read more

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An Informative Tour
I studied a year of calculus in high school and four semesters at MIT, one at the graduate school level. I got generally good grades in those classes, and I also applied calculus in many of my engineering courses. But I did not truly understand the fundamental concepts and principles of The Calculus until after I read this book. Mr. Berlinski does a splendid job of explaining those concepts and principles clearly and in an orderly sequence that builds on the prior concepts.

Reflecting the teacher that he is, Mr. Berlinski walks through the fundamental concepts of calculus, starting with basic number theory and culminating with the Theorem of the Calculus. Each principle or concept he explains is an important foundation for the explanations to follow. He does this in easily understood layman's terms, with a minimum of jargon and equations.

Mr. Berlinski also makes the journey entertaining. He presents his material in a series of chapters that also profile the mathematicians who contributed to the development of calculus, from Newton and Leibnitz through Riemann.
Through Mr. Berlinski's colorful profiles, we learn about the men themselves - their lives, personalities, quirks and passions. We also learn how their contributions were received by their fellow mathematicians, and how their contributions built on each other to create this beautiful mathematical system for understanding of how the world works.

Mr. Berlinski also helps explain the concepts of the calculus through fictional (?) interactions he has with a classroom of students, who themselves wrestle with the novel and non-intuitive concepts of the calculus. This allows Mr. Berlinski to introduce analogies, examples and different ways of looking at the concepts, and it works well as a teaching device.

This book is not perfect. At times Mr. Berlinski wanders off into prose which is overly self-absorbed, verbose and off-point. He clearly likes to hear himself "talk." Overall, though, the story is engaging and the explanation of the mathematics is lucid and insightful.

I have reread this book a few times, just for the fun of it, and to reinforce my understanding. I also gave a copy to my engineering student daughter. I just wish I had access to a copy when I was a student - understanding would have dawned much sooner.

Great For Non-Mathematicans
I enjoy math but I'm pretty bad at it.Sounds a little strange doesn't it?Anyway, this book was full of "ah hah!" moments for me.Suddenly a lot of things that seemed somewhat pointless and pretentious when I had to learn them in school make a lot more sense. For example, as a teen I learned the difference between natural, integer, rational, and irrational numbers but until I read this book I never understood the motivation behind why these number systems had developed that way.Now I do (and I can explain it too). And that was only the first revelation for me. This book was full of them.

Also, I like Berlinski's strong and personal writing style.This isn't just math, it's also about human thought and philosophy, and you and me, and of course it is about Calculus. A layman's explanation of the principles yes, but more important to me it is about the human meaning of the subject and how was it developed.

I really loved this book and plan to read it again soon. I felt that my understanding of my world was enriched by it.If you are a person who wants a better understanding of what Calculus means (without actually having to solve problems) then read this book. It kept me up at night reading which is unusual for a math book.

I Hate It.
I hate this book.I bought it because its writing looked informal and intimate, but I soon realized that the writing style is pompous and cryptic, the writer turning what I had dearly hoped might be the one easily-accessible and enjoyable book on calculus, into a hellish morass of insider references and pretentious SAT snob words.If you've ever heard Dennis Miller's stand-up "comedy", with all his exclusionary insider references, you have a very good idea of what this "Diane Chambers" of a book is all about.My advice?If you're looking for an easily-accessible book on calculus, I'm afraid you're just going to have to keep waiting.

A Detour of the Calculus
I'm not sure what audience this book was written for. Those who know about calculus will be annoyed by the mistakes, sloppy proofs, pointless anecdotes, and the author's writing style. Those who don't know about calculus but are hoping to learn more will probably be lost for the same reasons.

As others have said, the fictionalized accounts of historical figures are ridiculous. If fiction with Newton, Liebniz, et al. as characters sounds interesting, read the Baroque series by Neal Stephenson. The historical development of math is interesting by itself - just tell us the facts! Who cares if Berlinski thinks Newton would enjoy pleasant evenings in steamy pubs with a glass of bitter in hand?

worthless rant.Editor should have cut the non-math stuff.
I read this book by jumping over the author's meandering way off topic which is just a worthless rant,Maybe he things he is Proust?Toss this guy over the side.If your are looking for a literary look at mathematics that will walk you through the ideas and proofs therein (including calculus, continuity, and limits) I recommend instead that you are David Foster Wallaces "A History of Infinity"(Here is a review I wrote of that [...]) ... Read more

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Now in its fourth edition, Calculus reflects the strong consensus within the mathematics community for a balance between contemporary and traditional ideas. Building on previous work, it brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula in an effort to meet the needs of instructors and students alike. The text exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the Rule of Four, an emphasis on modeling, exposition that is easy to understand, and a flexible approach to technology. ... Read more

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Calc. book.
Very impressed with this product. Good considering the price paid for it.
There is some writing in it, but that's expected.

calculus made even more diffcult
I don't know how some of the reviewers can claim that this is a good book to teach or learn calculus from.

the book does a very poor job in my opinion of explaining calculus to students. it's definitions are very academic in some cases, convoluted in others, and certainly give very poor if any explanations. It seems to build on an assumption that a student has a rock solid foundation in math and an early understanding of calculus already. something that, sadly, not all students coming into intro. calc. classes may have and teachers often can't spend much time correcting those gaps, which a book has to fill with proper explanations and coverage.
moving on to the examples; those given here help very little to actually solve the problems at the end of the chapters and i've noticed that students have a hard time applying those examples to standard problems in the classroom. i think one of the main problems of the book is the problem setup. the examples do a very poor job of setting up a problem and and explaining the process of solving it, instead, they just go ahead and solve the problem leaving the student to puzzle out how an answer was arrived upon.

for the price of the book, the coverage in it, and the quality of that coverage...well, i certainly wouldn't be recommending it any time soon.

calculus book
The book got moldy but its kind of okay too read.
condition is okay just hoping it didn't have mold on the book
thank you for the cheap price tho :D

calc book
this was sooooo extremely perfect...fast arrival and book was in awesome condition..seller had a very reasonable price as well..will use this seller again!!

Great
After I ordered the book, I had to contact with her in regard to the change of my address where the book needed to be sent to.
She got back with me right away and sent it to the address that I asked her.
Also she sent me a student solution manual book free of charge along with the book.
I'm really satisfied with her service.
Thank you, Angela! ... Read more

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Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey continue their tradition of integrating relevant, realistic applications with current data sources to provide an application-oriented text for students majoring in business, management, economics, or the life or social sciences. The many opportunities for technology use allow for increased visualization and a better understanding of difficult concepts. In addition to MyMathLab^®, a complete online course solution, a comprehensive series of video lectures is available for this text.

 Algebra Reference (shared with FM, CWA, and Combo):Polynomials, Factoring, Rational Expressions, Equations, Inequalities, Exponents, Radicals; Linear Functions (shared with FM, CWA, and Combo): Slopes and Equations of Lines, Linear Functions and Applications, The Least Squares Line, Chapter Review, Extended Application: Using Extrapolation to Predict Life Expectancy; Nonlinear Functions: Properties of Functions, Quadratic Functions; Translation and Reflection, Polynomial and Rational Functions, Exponential Functions, Logarithmic Functions, Applications: Growth and Decay; Mathematics of Finance, Chapter Review, Extended Application: Characteristics of the Monkeyface Prickleback; The Derivative: Limits, Continuity, Rates of Change, Definition of the Derivative, Graphical Differentiation, Chapter Review, Extended Application: A Model for Drugs Administered Intravenously (new); Calculating the Derivative: Techniques for Finding Derivatives, Derivatives of Products and Quotients, The Chain Rule, Derivatives of Exponential Functions, Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions,  Chapter Review, Extended Application: Electric Potential and Electric Field (new); Graphs and the Derivative: Increasing and Decreasing Functions, Relative Extrema, Higher Derivatives, Concavity, and the Second Derivative Test, Curve Sketching, Chapter Review, Extended Application: A Drug Concentration Model for Orally Administered Medications (new); Applications of the Derivative: Absolute Extrema, Applications of Extrema, Further Business Applications: Economic Lot Size; Economic Order Quantity; Elasticity of Demand, Implicit Differentiation, Related Rates, Differentials: Linear Approximation, Chapter Review, Extended Application: A Total Cost Model for a Training Program; Integration: Antiderivatives, Substitution, Area and the Definite Integral, The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus,  The Area Between Two Curves, Numerical Integration, Chapter Review, Extended Application: Estimating Depletion Dates for Minerals;  Further Techniques and Applications of Integration: Integration by Parts, Volume and Average Value, Continuous Money Flow, Improper Integrals, Chapter Review, Extended Application: Estimating Learning Curves in Manufacturing with Integrals; Multivariable Calculus: Functions of Several Variables, Partial Derivatives, Maxima and Minima, Lagrange Multipliers, Total Differentials and Approximations, Double Integrals, Chapter Review, Extended Application: Using Multivariable Fitting to Create a Response Surface Design; Differential Equations: Solutions of Elementary and Separable Differential Equations, Linear First-Order Differential Equations, Euler's Method, Applications of Differential Equations, Chapter Review, Extended Application: Pollution of the Great Lakes; Probability and Calculus: Continuous Probability Models, Expected Value and Variance of Continuous Random Variables, Special Probability Density Functions, Chapter Review, Extended Application: Exponential Waiting Times; Sequences and Series (From Ray 1/19/07): Geometric Sequences, Annuities: An Application of Sequences. Taylor Polynomials, Infinite Series, Taylor Series, Newton's Method, L'Hospital's Rule, Chapter Review; The Trigonometric Functions: Definitions of the Trigonometric Functions, Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions, Integrals of Trigonometric Functions, Chapter Review, Extended Application: The Shortest Time and the Cheapest Path; Tables: Formulas of Geometry, Area Under a Normal Curve,  Integrals, Integrals Involving Trigonometric Functions

For all readers interested in calculus with applications.

Customer Reviews (3)

nice seller
the book was shipped the day after i bought it. though the condition of the book is not that good, it's acceptable, as the seller described.

A VERY bad book!
I had to use this book for a class relating to calculus and its application for business. It is horrible! I already had a bad teacher and this book was the icing on the already crappy cake. I'm not bad at math either, but when you have to create a book for an already difficult subject the least these crook authors could do is give examples that are RELEVANT to the problems within the exercises.

everything as promised!
I waited until the last minute to buy my textbooks but the extra shipping option got the book to me on time in excellent condition. I'll definitely be back next semester! ... Read more

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For ten editions, readers have turned to Salas to learn the difficult concepts of calculus without sacrificing rigor. The book consistently provides clear calculus content to help them master these concepts and understand its relevance to the real world. Throughout the pages, it offers a perfect balance of theory and applications to elevate their mathematical insights. Readers will also find that the book emphasizes both problem-solving skills and real-world applications. ... Read more

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Very clear textbook
I like this calculus book a lot so far. All theorems are proved, but they are also given an illustration or intuitive argument to supplement this rigorous approach. The exercise sets are typical and very good. Like most math books, the more challenging exercises at the end of a section where the problem says "show that..." or "prove that.." are beyond my abilities to solve in a reasonable amount of time, but they are still useful. I have a pdf of the instructor solutions manual and I study the solutions, understand them, then copy them myself without looking at it again. This approach really enhanced my understanding of the material. If any of you would like the instructor manual, comment on this review with the email address you would like me to send it to and I'll try to do it for you.

straight up gangsta textbook
Easy to follow, and very comprehensive in its text. Highly recommended for any beginner of calculus who wants an organized and deep experience in the world of calculus involving single and multiple variables.

Excellent Text
My class required Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, but I found the examples way too simple given the complexity of the problem sets. Picked up this book based on a recommendation from a friend, and found its explanations more thorough and easier to apply to the more difficult questions. Instead of telling me THAT something was true, it helped show WHY it was true.

Great seller
Great seller! Shipping was very fast, everything was really smooth and I received the book very quickly. The book was in excellent condition, looked like brand new.

Hard to learn from
This is the required book for my Calc II class, but it is confusing me more than helping.Part of the problem is that a lot of the notation is different from what I learned in AP Calculus BC (Calc I), but it is also unnecessarily complex.Most of the information in this book is in the theorems, however they are written so that only a math major can understand them, and they are not explained in the surrounding text.In fact, there is little text explaining anything--the book seems to assume that people can understand things from the theorems it presents.Here is one example that stands out:

[example of previous theorem]

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Theorem 11.3.8
a(n) --> Liffa(n) - L -->0iff|a(n) - L| --> 0
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We leave the proof to you.

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Theorem 11.3.9 The Pinching Theorem for Sequences
(more math shorthand)
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Once again, the proof is left to you.
The following is an obvious corollary to the pinching theorem.
[Another theorem...]


I see many problems in just this short section:
1. There is no explanation for anything.Following the last theorem, there are some examples.How am I supposed to tell what these theorems are for?The fact that the proof is left to the reader is OK, since it is not necessarily important to the understanding of the material.Other books I have seen often put proofs in an appendix.
2. Does theorem 11.3.8 have a name?Something that might tell people without this book a little about what it does?
3. Shorthand in the theorems is unnecessary, and makes them difficult to understand for people not familiar with the conventions of the book.Shorthand is appropriate for a chalkboard, not a textbook.Instead of "iff" they could write "if and only if", and instead of using an arrow to say the limit as n approaches infinity of a(n) is L, they could write it in the more common limit form (which is hard to reproduce here).
4. The tone is slightly condescending when it introduced the "obvious" corollary, since it is not obvious to me.Even a one-sentence explanation of why it should be obvious would suffice.

This excerpt is representative of the rest of the book.I looked back at some concepts I had learned in AP Calculus BC, but they did not make sense in this book.If this book is required for your Calc II class, try to find something better and don't waste your time and money on this book. ... Read more

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The Seventh Edition of Calculus and Its Applications builds on its reputation as one of the most student-oriented and clearly written Applied Calculus texts available. The optional use of technology has been significantly increased in the Seventh Edition. The content has been streamlined, applications and exercises have been updated, including new data sources where appropriate, and the presentation of topics has been modernized through the use of technology. ... Read more

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Ship Fast! Nice book.
I received it 2 days after seller shipped. All the pages are in very good condition. Covers are not bad. Really a nice book and nice price!

Great book :)
The book was in excellent quality and much cheaper than any bookstore offered it for.

A Readable Calculus Text
I teach a high school Calculus class for kids who are capable/competent mathematicians, but not really interested in the AP level at an independent school.We like Marv Bittinger's books because they provide a nice balance of applications and connections without losing sight of the math.We continue to use this out-of-date book because it is more readable than most Calculus texts and strikes a nice balance between the rigor of the math and applications that help students to feel a connection to the ideas.The organization of the material is pretty good, although I often salt in the introduction of simple trigonometric functions throughout my instruction, rather than waiting until the end of the course, where it appears in the book.We have found that our students have a lot of fun with the problems about exponential growth and decay, particularly the application of the laws of cooling in solving murders.It seems a little odd to nearly finish differentiation before exploring logarithms and then have to go back and consider derivatives again, but I have gotten used to that.Overall, I like the depth at which this book seeks to travel and the problems and explanations.

Packaging
Product was in an acceptable condition..It was not as new as described, however I believe poor package resulted the minor damages to the book cover.. Packaging should have been better as obviously it was torn while being handled.

But other than that, no other comments

Buyer Beware - SW not Included
My daughter in college got this book in good condition but despite what other reviews might lead you to believe, this book does not come with the Mymathlab access kit - an essential for most college classes out there using this text.Recommend you pay an additional $30 to order the book from Amazon with the access kit or else you'll be stuck paying anywhere from $62 (Amazon) to $75 (book stores) for a stand-alone version of the Mymathlab access kit. ... Read more

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The fourth edition gives readers the skills to apply calculus on the job. It highlights the applications’ connection with real-world concerns. The problems take advantage of computers and graphing calculators to help them think mathematically.  The applied exercises challenge them to apply the math they have learned in new ways.  This develops their capacity for modeling in a way that the usual exercises patterned after similar solved examples cannot do. The material is also presented in a way to help business professionals decide when to use technology, which empowers them to learn what calculators/computers can and cannot do. ... Read more

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Prompt Delivery and in Decent Condition
The book arrived in A few days and was the first of my textbooks to arrive. My only complaint is that the book was listed as being in "very good" condition, but I would consider it in "good" or maybe even "fair" condition. The cover was worn to the point that it seems this book has been around the block more than a couple times. That said, I would say spending $10 for a $120 book is worth the extra wear and tear.

Applied Calculus
An excellent textbook which covers introductory topics in Calculus.
The author also touches on topics from Multivariate Calculus, which
will only benefit you.

Gets the Job Done
As a college student, I also have this book available to me online, but it's great having the hard copy, since it's what I am accustomed to.
Overall the book has lots of examples and portrays the material very well.

Good Quality and Fast Service
I was a bit skeptical to buy a textbook online at first. However, with my purchase I found my worries to disappear. The Applied Calculus book I bought had an overall good quality with the only complaint being that the corners of the book had been folded or somewhat torn. The delivery was also exceptional. I received my book about 1-2 days after ordering online. So far so good. I can't really find anything wrong to say about my purchase.

Good Textbook
This textbook is good, but not great--unless you have an instructor who will interpret the calculus-based applications and problems in the book. Nonetheless, not bad. ... Read more

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Stewart's CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, FOURTH EDITION offers a streamlined approach to teaching calculus, focusing on major concepts and supporting those with precise definitions, patient explanations, and carefully graded problems. CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS is highly regarded because this text offers a balance of theory and conceptual work to satisfy more progressive programs as well as those who are more comfortable teaching in a more traditional fashion. Each title is just one component in a comprehensive calculus course program that carefully integrates and coordinates print, media, and technology products for successful teaching and learning. ... Read more

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great deal
This book was like brand new, and arrived quickly.Saved a lot of money over the used book price in the school bookstore.

Low quality calculus text
Calculus texts seem to have lost its rigorous approach to mathematics. The best book on the market to actually learn Real calculus is Calculus Volume I by Tom M. Apostol. James Sewert's book lacks proofs and examples. I think if you're going to pay top dollar for a math book it should have at least tons of examples as well as tons of problems to solve that will actually help the student in his/her studies in more advanced topics in math or science.My Calculus II professor even hated this book due to its lack of quality. I think publishers should try to publish higher quality books over time rather than pretty pictures of the same material to just force the schools to change over and collect the money. I would pick up Apostol's book to accompany this book in the studies of mathematics.

Thanks!
Thanks for this purchase. Im sorry I forgot to write you a review. As you can see I ordered a Calculus book, so that takes a lot of my time on top of taking 22 credit hours. Wish me luck!

great service.fast shipping and product as described
great service.fast shipping and product as described.Except one of the disks doesn't work.But that might be my computer.

good book for high schoolAP calculas
My child's high school uses this book as their AP calculas text book. I bought this one as a backup. It is a very good book and explain everything clearly with a lot of examples, execises. ... Read more

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Amazing study tool for Amazing price
This book does a FANTASTIC job of explaining calculus problems in an easy to follow step by step example.All the odd problems that have answers in the back of the regular text book are featured in this book with in depth process.this is a fantastic study tool for myself and my classmates who like to meet up after class to study problems from the homework sections.It covers up to chapters 11 i believe, but there is another solutions manual for multivariate that covers the rest. (this solution manual is paper back and larger the the hardcover textbook).Worth the purchase if you want to do more then just barely scrape by in Calculus.

Detailed steps!Thank you!
If you are completely lost with Calculus (as I was) then this book is real help.You don't need to spend a bunch of time with a tutor or at the math lab to form some basic understandings of the material.It helped me to be much more self-sufficient so I could get answers to the easy questions myself.

Some of the problems arrive at incorrect results, but those are few and far between.I think this is a valuable supplement to the textbook, they really helped me get through the courses.

Then again, you could search the Internet for "Wolfram Alpha" and find a computational engine that provides you all the same answers.You just need the Internet for it.

Good to have
I recommend getting this book, if you have trouble with Calculus.It has the odd problems in the book.Some of them show steps on how to get the answer, which is great.

Odd problems only, lots of errors.
It's obvious this solution manual was constructed in a hasty manner, hence many errors and shaky explanations. Furthermore, it only contains solutions to odd problems which are already provided for in the text. It is aggravating when one's prof assigns only even-numbered questions for homework and there is no resource for students to find out whether or not they are correct. The best one can do is find a similar odd numbered question to determine if they are remotely correct. In short, don't bother with buying this solutions manual unless your prof will be assigning plenty of odd-numbered questions, and even then beware it contains many incorrect solutions.

Not Exactly What It Claims To Be
When I bought this manual I thought that it would be a step by step solution guide to all the problems in the textbook. However, upon arrival I saw that there were only solutions to the odd problems. While these solutions can help you dissect certain problems, this book cannot really help that much. If you need it, buy it. But just know what you're paying for. ... Read more

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The Magna Guide To Calculus
This is an excellent book to teach yourself how to do calculus. Examples are excellent. It took me a while just to figure out what the word function meant until I read this. Then, it became a little more clearer. What better to way to learn than to have fun? Highly recommended.

Great gift idea
I got this as a gift for my son in law and he really likes the Japanese stuff
so I know he enjoyed the book.

Great Book
I have got to say, I am quite impressed with The Manga Guide to Calculus. As the title suggests, it is an introduction into the ideas of differential and integral calculus through the use of manga and a story line. The book fulfills on this goal and then some.

The Manga Guide to Calculus starts off with a brief introduction and review of functions. It then jumps right into derivatives, what they mean, and how to compute them. Integration is then considered along Taylor series and partial differentiation. Throughout the story, the guide frequently references real world applications in economics, physics, and chemistry, and explains problems in these fields through the use of calculus. The author also includes probability, statistics, and trigonometry sections with calculus explanations. Exercises exist at the end of each section for you to complete and solutions are presented at end of the book.

There are a few downsides to the manga style of presentation. Formal proofs and definitions do not lend themselves well to be included, and the book is certainly lacking in this area. There may also be some areas which the reader will have to go over a few times to fully understand and see how the book goes from one idea to the next because of the amount of information being presented.

I would recommend this book to those who want a brief review of calculus, beginners who want context as to its uses, and to those who enjoy reading a good math book. This book is not for those who need a thorough review since many important topics are skipped such as limits, related rates, and volumes of rotations. Overall, Hiroyuki Kojima and Shin Togami did an excellent job in writing and illustrating the book respectively, which makes The Manga Guide to Calculus a very different and attractive learning tool.

there will never exist a shortcut to calculus
There is a legend that when the greek mathematician Euclid was tutoring King Ptolemy in math, that Ptolemy in frustration with the difficulty of the subject asked Euclid if there was an easier way to explain the concepts, to which Euclid replied "there is no royal road to mathematics". That saying applies today to Calculus, there are no shortcuts to fast-track you into Calculus. You need a solid understanding of Algebra, Trigonometry and Geometry before you can learn Calculus. So if you have the prerequisite math background, you might find this book helpful. But if you think a cartoon book is going to open your eyes to the underlying concepts of Calculus and allow you to work backwards to understand the prerequisite math, well be prepared to have some cartoon characters make you look like a fool.

Excellent way to get in to calculus!
This book follows the same great approach as the Manga Guide to Physics: Break a complex idea down in to small pieces, clearly explain it with practical examples, and use the fun Manga comic style to wrap the entire concept in a great story.

I never took calculus in high school or college, yet I was able to get through the Guide and come out at the end with a pretty fair understanding of it. Moreover, I actually enjoyed the learning journey!

My nine year-old daughter loves these books and always reads through them after I'm done. She's not coming away from the books with great knowledge of the concepts, but she's finding them interesting, fun, and is less intimidated with the subjects. I think that's a big win because these guides are laying some good ground work for her to come back to later. ... Read more

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A traditional and accessible calculus book with a strong conceptual and geometric slant that assumes a background in single-variable calculus. It uses the language and notation of vectors and matrices to clarify issues in multivariable calculus, and combines a clear and expansive writing style with an interesting selection of material.Chapter topics cover vectors, differentiation in several variables, vector-valued functions, maxima and minima in several variables, multiple integration, line integrals, surface integrals and vector analysis, and vector analysis in higher dimensions.For individuals interested in math and calculus. ... Read more

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Not Helpful
This solutions manual is not helpful at all. It doesn't have answers for even questions or most of the odd questions. Any tough problems just aren't included. The problems I actually need help with aren't in the solutions manual, making it totally useless.

Disorganized book
I've read Courant (Vol II), Apostol, Kaplan, and less so, Widder, Marsden & Trombda, and come under the impression that any of these books will better cover the material than Colley's Vector Calculus.

This book was used for the final of my college's calculus sequence, and I only used it for the exercises.

What I didn't like most was the way it was organized. Let's see, I flip to a random page - parametrized curves and Kepler's Laws. It goes, wham, definition, definition, example, theorem, proposition, theorem, definition, proposition, step 1, step 2, step 3, theorem... Very disorganized. No proofs. No mathematical motivations. It feels like an outline.

Only worse, because no indication or motivation is given to lead in to important concepts. The index looks nearly the same as any advanced calculus textbook - yet when you flip to any entry, you'll realize it's just in boldface, lying on the tangent to some example or exercise question.

The content is not very extensive. In Kaplan, Apostol, a chapter is dedicated to linear algebra, whereas Colley only discusses vector algebra - this comes back say in the extrema of functions, in the discussion of quadratic forms. The content starts with multivariable calculus, differential operators, multiple integrals, and ends off at Stokes' theorem etc. before a discussion on series.

I don't understand the purpose of this book. It has an applied slant - you can go through all of the exercises just plugging into the 'propositions/definitions' - but is heavy on notation (not rigor), because you can finish these exercises without actually appreciating any one of the theorems/definitions/propositions in a way that will teach you how to formulate a proof.

Tries to really go Deep but fails
This book tries to do a great thing, but fails at it.

I can list several examples where this book really goes into detail, but unless you have another source, you wont understand this.

Simply put, this book is like a list of directions for me. Not every book I have seen (I have a few from older classmates) covers everything thats in this book.

I see that I have to learn, for example, the Hessian Criterion for Constrained Extrema, but I will go to another source to do it.

If I didnt have this book, I wouldn't know about the Hessian Criterion (unless someone told me or I found it), but I wont really learn from the book.

This textbook tells you what you should learn, and you go and learn it.

The reason for the poor instruction is the lack of explanations, and sometimes repeated usage of the same variables, which, as one might guess, in multi-variable calculus, is EXTREMELY confusing and shouldn't be allowed.

If your required to get this book, expect that you'll see what Calculus 3 is about, but dont expect to learn it.

Good introduction.
This book is a good introduction to calculus in higher dimensions, but thats all it is, an introduction. It lacks a bit in terms of theory, and mostly focuses on chug and plug type methods, which is fine for an introduction, but if your curious about learning more then look elsewhere.

Great product...Excellent condition
The product I ordered was in excellent condition. The shipping was a little slow, but other than that it was a great investment. Good Seller! ... Read more

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This is a book for people about to take calculus, and for survivors of calculus who still wonder what it was all about. It gently explains the basic concepts and vocabulary without making the reader ever do a single problem.

Even if you cringe at math, you'll enjoy the book's irreverent style and vivid imagery. A couple of hours from now, when you're done reading, you may be surprised that calculus no longer seems nearly so frightening ... Read more

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understanding calculus concepts
I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it. The underlying conceptsof calculus are explained very clearly.Forget about the cat stuff.. it is irrelevant, notdistracting.. but strange. The rest of the book is great though. Understand.. this is not a math book and will not dothe work for you. Whatit does is explain in non mathematical terms,what your math teacher is trying to explain using the opaque language required of mathematicians. read this before math class, then review applicable parts during math class and you will surely benefit.

What is Calculus???
I have done physics, statics, strength of materials, and basic circuit analysis all at the algebra level because I never knew what calculus was. This book explains what calculus is without doing the math. After reading this book I read "Who is Fourier" by College of Lex and "Calculus The Easy Way" by Douglas Downing. And finally learn what Calculus is.

The cats have succeeded
According to the authors, cats want to keep people confused about calculus, and I think that cats helped to write this book. Actually, I have been reading a lot of math and science concept books, trying to find any that really clarify the ideas, processes, and applications; technique is best learned with a good textbook. I did not find the analogies in Calculus for Cats to be particularly engaging or enlightening, but this short book does act as a primer of sorts. I would have enjoyed this book more if the authors had focused on interesting real-world examples rather than on mouse-catching examples.

Learn what your cat is really up to.
The authors make an analogy between what they are trying to accomplish in this book, with an English teacher who first lets his students hear a poem read, before analyzing it technically.This analogy holds up to a point, but not completely.In some ways, the conceptual, no pain approach to calculus presented here is more like an English teacher reading an English languge poem to a bunch of students who can't understand English.

The language of math is still, and always will be numbers.I was left wondering about too may concepts because the real work, the math, was left out in many instances.After reading this book, I went through a more mathematically oriented book oncalculus, suffered with the number crunching, and came to a better understanding of the calculus.No pain, no gain is true in this case.

I also didn't like the way the book was organized with all the chapters running together. More section breaks would have helped.

On the up side, the authors had a difficult job, and did an admirable job.I did indeed come away learning something.Part of the problem I had with this book was probably that I wasn't using it as a supplement to a normal calculus textbook in a normal calc course, but rather was using it for self-study on its own.If you are currently enrolled in a calc course or have previously taken the subject, you might feel better about this book.

Helps me keep up with my son!
In my continuing quest to always be the source of all information for my son, Calculus For Cats has saved me! As his math skills continued, I was starting to pay for sleeping through Calculus in High School. But Ken Amdahl saved me. This is a perfect book for anyone wanting to learn the concepts of Calculus ... even if you hate math and cats!
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* Explains how to understand calculus in a more intuitive fashion
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Demystify what?
It does NOT demystify anything for me.It introduces new notation, new concepts and DOES NOT explain them.eg, it introduces the Derivative in 1 line without any explanation - somehow Lim x-> 0 (f(c+h)-f(c))/h relates to f(x)=x^2+x because in 2 lines it shows that because a limit can be calculated for the former at a value means that a derivative of the latter can be found with the same value.Sorry, not demystified here - how does the former even relate to the latter?An explanation of that would demystify.

Calculating Success for Teacher Texts
Purchasing this item was simple and nicely priced.There were no challenges in the process and I was pleased with the quality and "newness" of the book even though the listing stated that it was only "like new."Without hesitation, I would be likely to purchase from this vendor again.

Skip it. You'll thank yourself later.
I'll keep this short. Skip this book. I picked it up on a whim without reading reviews, and I regret it immensely.

If you've already gotten through calculus recently, then you'll be fine here. However, terms, concepts, and variables are thrown at you without any definition at all.

The "you try it" problems of course have no answers, so you get no help there. The examples are of the most basic, useless variety, while the "you try it" problems and the exercises often are far, far more complicated than anything the examples have shown you. It's the equivalent of showing you how to buckle a seat belt and what the throttle, yolk, and rudder pedals are for in an airplane, and then expecting you to fly a jumbo jet as your first "practice run". Through, say, O'Hare international. The day before Thanksgiving.

And this is called a "self-teaching" text.

The author strikes me as a typical bad math teacher. He's gotten through it, he understands it, and he expects you to have that same understanding, a priori, and to have similar intuitive leaps of ability that took genius minds years to achieve.

I've been looking for an overview of calculus before I go back to college to work on a degree, and I can honestly say that this book is worse for understanding concepts than the laughably bad demo clip of a DVD of strippers explaining calculus while they grind and get naked.

Avoid this book
I think all you need to know about this book is the intro to limits.Why not use a simple continuous function with a single definition to introduce the idea?What can possibly come from using a function that has different definitions depending on the range of x, except adding an unnecessary detail for the reader to weed through?It almost seems that the author is intentionally making it sound complicated to convice the reader that he (the author) is so brilliant that he (the author) can't understand how the reader isn't able to connect the dots, which he (the author) has made unnecessarily difficult to connect.

Examples of this unnecessary obfuscation is found in spades in this book.

Problem is: who is this book aimed at?
Based on the poor reviews on this site I was put off buying this book. However browsing it in the bookshop it didn't seem as bad as the reviewers made it out to be.
Having been through the book, I think I see the problem. Most of the reviewers were probably expecting something like "How to Ace calculus" aimed at the complete beginner. This book is certainly not that.
However it contains very complete explanations of the exponential and logarithmic functions and topics like improper integrals which most introductory books don't even touch on.
I would advise using this book as a consolidation text AFTER you have understood the basics. Yes the exercises at the back can be challenging. To me that is good- it means you have to think. And you didn't expect to master calculus without some thinking did you?
The mathematical language used, to me, is a plus. It helps you get used to it so you can read other mathematical texts.
Some of the other criticisms are valid. Answers need to be provided for the "You Try it" questions. There is no section on Infinite Series/Power Series (and neither do they appear in the next book in the series "Advanced Calculus Demystified").
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Precise approach with definitions, theorems, proofs, examples and exercises. Topics include partial differentiation, vectors, differential geometry, Stieltjes integral, infinite series, gamma function, Fourier series, Laplace transform, much more. Numerous graded exercises with selected answers. ... Read more

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it helped me prepare for advanced calculus
In 1963 I asked Lynn Loomis what I should bring to his course math 55 in abstract analysis (see Loomis and Sternberg) and he said I should know the theorem

that a continuous function on a closed bounded interval has a maximum.So I got a copy of Widder and read the proof. I recall it as clear and rigorous.

Thus I presume the rest of the book is similar.It fulfilled my need for rigorous background for abstract advanced calculus so I recommend it.

By the way,most of the critical comments here about it being old fashioned or criticizing the notation seem to me like the sort of remarks made by novices who

do not understand what they read and confuse terminology with content.

(I got B+/A- in Loomis' course in 1963/64 and have been a professional mathematician for the past 40 years.)

Great reference book
Prices in today's technical book market have gone ... well ... crazy. Dover deserves no end of praise for offering well made books of classics at a reasonable price. David V. Widder's, "Advanced Calculus" is such a book.
Even setting aside price, this is still a very, very good book ... maybe just a tad behind Apostol's "Mathematical Analysis," but still one of the best. Good featuresare: a) it covers much territory ... covering all the must topics of advanced calculus, and then some (i.e., gamma function); b) the proofs are sound, but do not enmesh the student in minutiae; c) the author has good intuition regarding what are the sticking points of a new concept, and takes care to cover these clearly.
Of course, as always, there are slight weaknesses. The main one is that in certain places the book seems "quaint" ... understandable, as it was first written some sixty years ago. I can't resist giving just one example: to solve a certain exercise, the student is urged to use a slide-rule! ... just getting one might cost more than the book! To its credit, the book employs a type of vector notation ... but the notation is lightly dated. There are diagrams; they are passable, but not great. (Come to think of it, Dover is not famous for great diagrams.)
At one point the writer almost seems to tip over into the "forbidden world of infinities and infinitesimals." I find this a plus rather than a minus.(This is my main criticism of Apostol: he not only shies away from infinitesimals, but gives the impression they are the "phlogiston" of mathematics.)

Great Price
The book is a reprint of an earlier version and had a great price.Couldn't believe it was priced so low.

Antiquated
This is a second edition of a book that came out in 1947 and it's obvious from the style that the style of the mathematics is very old fashioned here.
Students who are used to functions with domains and ranges, cartesian products and all that might hate this book. Those who have had little exposure to the more abstract view such as metric and topological spaces might well love it.
I personnally could not stand it and would relegate it to a museum piece.
Let me give examples of what I mean:
f(x) the function. Anyone who's modern will hate this: it's just f the function, and mentioning the variables can be useful if you have a formula, but what if you don't?
Dependent and independent variables: that's a nineteenth century style.
Defining a vector as a directed line segment is in my view outrageous, and what's this doing in chapter 2?
The discussion of the Heine Borel theorem would gain by being stated in more abstract terms than just real intervals.
I recommend you look at the Wikipedia article on this to see how this is done in today's abstract (and far more powerful) style.
You could also look at Rudin's books on analysis for a totally different approach.
However if you are willing to swallow this antiquated view of things it's a useful book, but not one I would recommend if you want to pursue higher mathematics.

Great book
I bought this book when I decided to go for graduate studies in mathematics. I was away from college for 3 years and wanted to refresh some of the advanced calc material. You could not ask for any better book. The generic Calculus book I used in college was too basic and this provided a nice bridge and a solid description of the "advanced" calculus. Although the order of the chapters are a little weird, it gets the job done without any lousy explanations. One thing to note is that "brdiging" book. So not so advanced but provides a nice transition if you want to look at some advanced calc books. This neverthless is a great addition ... Read more

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Just as described
I received exactly what was described.The book was used but the only sign of this was a slight bend in the cover corners, but the pages themselves were spotless and unmarked.This was a great purchase!

Recieved the correct book in very good condition.
I got exactly what I ordered. A shame I couldn't get it shipped in 2 business days, but nevertheless, a success.

Math textbook
The book is used, so there are some flaws. Overall, it's in a pretty good condition.

Caculus I Hardcover
I would buy from Zachary Pellen again. He was very quick to email me,
and send the book quickly and very gracious. The calculus book was in
excellent condition like said. Great way to purchase used books for
college.

Better than most...but only marginally!
Apart from it's insane price tag when purchased new this calculus book is better than most cal books I've used in the past.At least you have an online resource to show you how the problems are worked where they are broken down step by step. This was a big help for me especially since I am not a math genius!With most cal books of the past you had meager (if any) resources to assist you. ... Read more

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good
its good. it provided the necessary help i need to understand the steps into getting the solution. i have to say be careful of buying this because i got tempted sometimes to just look into the solution without spending more time independently on the questions.

A good reference book
I use this book for tutoring high school students who are taking the AP calculus AB. I found this book is very helpful. Just like most of the solution books, it does not have explanation for the steps, it just gives you the steps. You need to know the textbook to understand the steps. The solution book is not a textbook,you have to use it with your textbook.

Calculus education
Like most solution manuals, the explanations are weak.Nevertheless, it can be helpful when you get stuck on a problem.

Great Book
Just wanted to say, the book is great, got the book within a highly reasonable time period.Wish I could have been able to pay for overnight shipping, but the book came within a week, so all in all not bad at all.

The book has a little bit of damage on the cover, but that is to be expected with a used book, in addition the damage may have been caused by shipping.

Great book, no complaints.

student solution manual for calculus, stewart
This book is an excellent source for my work. I would like to have a solution manual for this book that contain the solutions for the evenexercises ... Read more

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Calculus for Biology and Medicine, Third Edition, addresses the needs of readers in the biological sciences by showing them how to use calculus to analyze natural phenomena—without compromising the rigorous presentation of the mathematics. While the table of contents aligns well with a traditional calculus text, all the concepts are presented through biological and medical applications. The text provides readers with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze and interpret mathematical models of a diverse array of phenomena in the living world. This book is suitable for a wide audience, as all examples were chosen so that no formal training in biology is needed. ... Read more

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This book is long time-coming for me....
Being a student of Biostatistics, Mathematical Epidemiology and Health Economics, this book came quite at a right time for me.
I have used Michael Spivak's Calculus for a long time, and other pure mathematics/engineering calculus books: but i always wanted a book about calculus that was tailored to the medical sciences, and yes i got it in Neuhauser's Calculus for Biology and Medicine.
However, i must say that, most people whose comments are immensely negative about this book are those who probably are lacking a rich background of mathematics, or have nothing at all, for that matter. Because if that is the case, yes, some concepts will seem difficult to grasp. But for someone like me who is already versed in precalculus, algebra and the like, and was just looking out for something more tailored to medical sciences, i find this book ideal.
So, yes, it will not answer all your questions, it will not be all-chewed up material for you just to swallow, it will need some ability and effort on your part.
But so far, it is the best reference in the market for calculus tailored to medical sciences.

Lies
The condition of this book was given as new or like new, something like that, all I remember is when I read the description, it made it seem as if the book was going to be perfect. When I get the book, it's falling apart. I have to tape the entire thing with masking tape so that the corners would stop peeling and also to stop the pages from falling out of the cover. Also, there was writing on many of the pages in ink, and somebody left their notes inside. If you're gonna sell a book online, at least take your notes out....just sending people your garbage now.

Horrible Examples-Nothing Like The Practice Problems
The frustrating thing about this book is that the practice problems are absolutely nothing like the example problems. Unless you have a teacher who expands on the ideas inside of the book you will have no idea how to do the problems. Good luck, this book is frustrating. It would be better if you had an answer book for the practice problems that contained evens and odds because the book continues to teach in the practice problems. Incredibly annoying when your teacher doesn't know anything either.

Calculus for biology and medicine textbook
Wonderful review in the first chapter of previous concepts and principles. We're only in chapter one (semester just started) but I was thrilled that it went over old material.

Required book for course
This was the required book for my daughter's college course.there are better ones out there but what can you do when the prof wants to use this one?

IMO, a calc book should be about calc, not calc applied to biological sciences (as if! I'm a practicing biologist for over a quarter of a century and the calc I learned I used mainly in chemistry and physics!). ... Read more