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Title: Calculus (Teach Yourself) by P. Abbott, Hugh Neill ISBN: 0-8442-0041-7 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An outstanding calculus book
Comment: I used the 3rd edition of Loomis when I took Calculus. The book explains the material so well that I taught myself reading the book. The examples are numerous and particularly good in showing both easy and difficult problems. (Some books only show the easy problems or insufficient variety of them.) If anyone has a trouble with this book, serious review of algebra 2 is recommended.
As for some of the previous reviews, there is no section 5.1.1 or 5.1.2, unless they are talking about a previous edition, which I have not seen. There is no mistake in section 5.1 or 5.2. But there are some mistakes in the answers in the back.
Looking back at the book now, I prefer what Swokowski did with the series chapter better (Loomis has interesting discussions on irrational numbers etc, but at the expense of losing the focus slightly). But Loomis does one of the best job in introducing vectors and functions of several variables. The chapter on Green's theorem is very nice, too. The chapter on multiple integral starts out by stating that it is only an introduction (like any other book at this level). What I realize now is that one has to go on to "advanced calculus" or vector calculus to master those things. I like Shuey's vector calculus, and after mastering that book, Buck's advanced calculus, and then there is advanced calculus by Loomis.
Rating: 1
Summary: I haven't receive this book
Comment: The record shows that I ordered this book on Dec. 5. It shows the estimated deliver date is January 3 to January 23.
Why does it take so long?
Thanks!
Gordon
Rating: 4
Summary: VERY HELPFUL
Comment: I liked the book. It was accesible and unpedantic. In fact, I was able to learn calculus in 2 weeks from it while in 8th grade. I had tried a couple of other sources, and they all had a general tendency to be unapproachable. But this one explained things clearly and concisely. It has many examples, and they're almost always clearly worked.
The only two things to which I take exception are in section 5.1.2, in which a careless error is made that did in fact leave me saying "what the...", and the lack of creative sort of excercises thoughout the book. To be honest though, I never really did any of the exercises, and I understood calculus very well after reading this book.
As one more plus, contrary to most academic books, this one is very cheap. Give it a try!
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Title: Teach Yourself Trigonometry by P. Abbott, Hugh Neill ISBN: 0071421351 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 28 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Teach Yourself Algebra by P. Abbott, M. E. Wardle, P. Abott ISBN: 0844231177 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Teach Yourself Physics by Jim Breithaupt ISBN: 0071407189 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 25 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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