Calculus for Dummies (1st Edition) [StarDiwa]

Calculus For Dummies by Mark Ryan (1st Edition)



Author: Mark Ryan

Description:

The mere thought of having to take a required calculus course is enough to make legions of students break out in a cold sweat. Others who have no intention of ever studying the subject have this notion that calculus is impossibly difficult unless you happen to be a direct descendant of Einstein.
Well, the good news is that you can master calculus. It's not nearly as tough as its mystique would lead you to think. Much of calculus is really just very advanced algebra, geometry, and trig. It builds upon and is a logical extension of those subjects. If you can do algebra, geometry, and trig, you can do calculus.

This is a user-friendly math book. Whenever possible, the author explains the calculus concepts by showing you connections between the calculus ideas and easier ideas from algebra and geometry. Then, you'll see how the calculus concepts work in concrete examples. All explanations are in plain English, not math-speak. Calculus For Dummies covers the following topics and more:

Real-world examples of calculus
The two big ideas of calculus: differentiation and integration
Why calculus works
Pre-algebra and algebra review
Common functions and their graphs
Limits and continuity
Integration and approximating area
Sequences and series

Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (September 9, 2003)

Language: English

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