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Calculus Demystified : A Self Teaching Guide (Demystified) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven G. Krantz
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 127319
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 343
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0071393080
Dewey Decimal Number: 515
UPC: 639785500056
EAN: 9780071393089
ASIN: 0071393080
Publication Date: August 1, 2002
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Product Description
LEARNING CALCULUS JUST GOT A LOT EASIER! Here’s an innovative shortcut to gaining a more intuitive understanding of both differential and integral calculus. In Calculus Demystified an experienced teacher and author of more than 30 books puts all the math background you need inside and uses practical examples, real data, and a totally different approach to mastering calculus. With Calculus Demystified you ease into the subject one simple step at a time — at your own speed. A user-friendly, accessible style incorporating frequent reviews, assessments, and the actual application of ideas helps you to understand and retain all the important concepts. THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND SELF-TEACHING TEXT OFFERS: - Questions at the end of each chapter and section to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses
- A 100-question final exam for self-assessment
- Detailed examples and solutions
- Numerous “Math Notes” and “You Try It” items to gauge progress and make learning more enjoyable
- An easy-to-absorb style — perfect for those without a mathematics background
If you’ve been looking for a painless way to learn calculus, refresh your skills, or improve your classroom performance, your search ends here.
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Here's an innovative shortcut to gaining a more intuitive understanding of both differential and integral calculus.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Disappointing February 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to agree with most of the negative comments posted here. I took several courses in calculus in college but wanted to relearn it quickly. Instead of dragging out my old texts, I bought of copy of this book. Big mistake. The volume is written for mathematicians. There are few practice problems, and the ones that are included do not have solutions! The chapter exams consist of extremely difficult problems, making the use of this text discouraging. I ended up buying Calculus for Dummies and using my old texts to get problem sets.
I would add that I also bought the 'Demystified' volumes on linear algebra and differential equations, and both of them were quite good. The calculus volume seems to be a dud, though.
 disappointing February 13, 2008
this is a cheap book that lacks many topics covered in my college calculus class.
What to do before the exam? December 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Whatevery your plan is, do not rely on this book. If you are reviewing the subject, this book will make you feel stupid. If it is your first time learning Calc., it will stop you from persuing mathematics.
The biggest problem is that it does not really teach you the material. All it does is give you an idea of how it works, and then gives you hopelessly complicated examples (which will have you thinking 'I will never learn calculus!'.)
If you are into 'the hardest possible way to learn something' only THEN is this book for you.
 great September 15, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
i personally bought this product for re studying calc that i had already learned back in high school. ITS GREAT!!!!
Disappointing & incomplete September 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book, along w/ several others, as prep for starting a masters program. I had completed Calc 1 - 3 as part of my undergrad many years before, but had been away for so long I knew I would need a refresher on Pre-Calc as well as early Calc.
I wanted the book to be a lead-in to re-taking Calc 1, so I was looking for some quick review of Pre-Calc topics, then the meat of the book to be Calc 1-2 topics.
I never got past the first chapter with this book--
* Reference/Editors notes appear to be left in the text in some locations -- These were things like "If you need more help see [SCH1]", of course "[SCH1]" means nothing to me (the reader), because it does not appear to be a chapter marker or even a reference to another book.
* I found too many of the problems are presented w/o a step-by-step demonstration (or even a solution) -- How can I tell if I am successfully working a problem if I do not know the end result?
* Several of the problems they provide w/o solutions contain material that was not in the chapter, yet is required to begin the problem.
In general the book did not help me at all. I gave it two days, assuming the first day was just general frustration, when the second day resulted in the same feeling I moved on to another book.
I recommend a different book--"Calculus For Dummies"
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