Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change | List Price: $146.95
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Binding: Hardcover
If this is "Informal", I'd hate to see what "Formal" is. [Posted on 2003-04-14]
Instead of actually showing any handy numerical processes used to figure out problems, this book tries to tell you via overly-wordy and remarkably garbled explanations in the middle of "real world" situations gathered from statistics. The authors' idea of "Informal" apparently means burying explanations under useless jargon. If you want to pass a Calculus class and don't already have a talent for mathematics, this is not the book to use. Use something that's straight to the point and ditch the "Informal Approach".
Please find another Calculus book! [Posted on 2005-07-13]
Let me put it bluntly: my instructor uses this book as little as possible due to the incredibly overdone style in which the text and problems are written. Calculus is difficult enough as it is, but this book makes it virtually impossible to comprehend. User un-friendly. Petition your math department to choose another text.
Solutions Guide is not that helpful... [Posted on 2007-10-16]
Well, I ordered this solutions book so I could do my homework and then check it to make sure I had the right answers. Well, I flipped the book open after it arrived to find that it only has answers to the odds, which are already in the back of the textbook! The only difference is that the solutions guide sometimes gives you an explanation of how they got the answer, which can be helpful at times. But what I really wanted was the answers to both the even and the odd problems. It's really not that great of a tool, but if you're interested, it won't cost you that much.
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