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Title: Thomas' Calculus (10th Edition) by George B. Thomas, Ross L. Finney, Maurice D. Weir, Frank R. Giordano ISBN: 0-201-75527-0 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: 11 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $133.33 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.12 (16 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: You, too, can learn Calculus!
Comment: This was my second attempt to learn Calculus - I failed so miserably the first time, I stopped trying and waited 12 years. This book is complex, but combined with lecture, it is learnable. As with all textbooks, when it comes to the exercises vs. the examples, you're left wondering how they could come up with that!? So, I had to supplement this text with the Pre-calc and Calc Schaum's Outlines (totally separate learning material) - basically for more detailed/solved problems. It was not available when I bought this text, but I would certainly buy the student solutions manual with it...the university I attend follows this book from Calc 1 to Calc 3, so it's really nice in the respect that I don't have to buy another book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than Stewart's book... In fact, the best!
Comment: I've used both Stewart's Calculus and Thomas'. Interestingly, Thomas has been writing calculus books for a LONG time and i've picked up several editions in the used book stores, because from the first time i bought a Thomas calc book back in Jr. High for my own self interest, i was a fan of his style.
His style is that of the old-school American text book authors who wrote in a clear, concise manner of English, using tangible and visual examples. Those old writers still thought of much of the material as novel, and were appealing to a more agrarian society of students.. especially the young and booming field of engineers. This is lacking in today's texts. The only drawback is that some old texts are much too impersonal and use the passive voice for everything, which can make them very difficult to read at times.
Thomas' recent editions (at least - i can not recall for the 60's era editions) are not only formally clear, but easy to understand and read. Here are the ways in which Thomas' book beats Stewart's book:
1) His explanations are accompanied by better graphics. Thomas uses more graphics to show each example and derivation. He uses MULTIPLE frames of graphics for one example, instead of just a single graphic. This makes following his train of thought much easier.. it's almost like watching a video.
2) His writing style is more complete. He leaves out fewer ideas than Stewart. Sometimes Stewart, like most authors, forgets to mention what exactly he is thinking and the reader is left trying to figure out his train of thought.
3) Thomas guides the reader through more (graphical) derivation of concepts. Sometimes, you will find derivations which Stewart relegates to problems for the reader (don't you hate that!?), are actually shown visually by Thomas!
Thomas' book is in fact probably the best calculus textbook around. I've looked at many many of them, and fraknly, none of them are this complete and well developed... The funny thing is, Thomas' book was one of the best decades ago. It has only gotten more exhaustive and more mature!
You should have this book in your reference library at least. You are more likely to find illustrative discussion on any particular introductory calculus subject in this book than you are in other books.
Rating: 4
Summary: Volere è potere
Comment: Essendo italiano avevo dei timori riguardo all'ostacolo che la lingua avrebbe potuto rappresentare, invece mi sto trovando veramente bene.
Non sono d'accordo con la critica di avere degli esercizi troppo difficili a confronto degli esempi, trovo invece che questi ultimi svolgano esattamente il loro compito: far capire meglio un metodo, che poi dovrà essere fatto proprio per poter svolgere l'homework.
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Title: Student's Solutions Manual to Accompany Thomas' Calculus by John L. Scharf, Maurice D. Weir, George ., Jr Thomas ISBN: 0201503816 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: American Cities and Technology : Wilderness to Wired City (Cities and Technology) by Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Philip Steadman, Open University ISBN: 0415200849 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.95 |
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Title: Parallel Myths by J. F. Bierlein ISBN: 0345381467 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Society and Technological Change by Rudi Volti ISBN: 1572599529 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $37.10 |
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Title: C++ Primer Plus (4th Edition) by Stephen Prata ISBN: 0672322234 Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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