Calculus Made Easy

Name: Calculus Made Easy
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SKU: 9780312185480
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Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning Which are Generally Called by the Terrifying Names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus

By Silvanus Phillips Thompson and Martin Gardner

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Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson and Martin Gardner is a thoroughly revised classic primer designed to make calculus comprehensible to readers at all levels. Featuring a new introduction, three additional chapters, updated language and methods, plus an appendix of challenging practice problems, it demystifies fundamental calculus concepts with clarity and simplicity.
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This book is suitable for students, educators, and anyone seeking a clear and approachable introduction to calculus, whether for academic, professional, or personal enrichment.

Updates the classic calculus primer.

Description

Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson and Martin Gardner has long been the most popular calculus primer.

This major revision of the classic math text makes the subject at hand still more comprehensible to readers of all levels.

With a new introduction, three new chapters, modernised language and methods throughout, and an appendix of challenging and enjoyable practice problems, Calculus Made Easy has been thoroughly updated for the modern reader.

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Calculus Made Easy is celebrated as arguably the best math teaching ever, praised for its simplicity and clarity that unveils the genius of Newton, Leibniz, and Thompson. Renowned mathematical expositor Martin Gardner’s contributions have further modernised this indispensable guide, making it remarkably user-friendly and accessible.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780312185480

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 October 1998

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Edition: New edition

Illustration: illustrations

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 499g

Pages: 330

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Education & Reference Martin Gardner Non-Fiction Science & Nature Silvanus Phillips Thompson

About the Author

Silvanus P. Thompson, born in 1851, was elected to the Royal Society in 1891. He wrote numerous technical books and manuals on electricity, magnetism, dynamos, and optics, as well as several popular biographies of prominent scientists. Thompson died in 1916.

Martin Gardner, born in 1914, has written several reviews for The New York Review of Books and was a Scientific American columnist for over twenty-five years. He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

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