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Title: Geometry and Trigonometry for Calculus by Peter H. Selby ISBN: 0-471-77558-4 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 18 April, 1975 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: EXCELLENT! Wish I would have had this author teaching me.
Comment: There is no such thing as a student who is "slow" in understanding. There is however a teacher who does not master the art of communicating. A good student memorizes in order to pass a grade. A slow student is normally bugged by the "why" of everything. However I have had the honor of solving engineering problems for students from MIT and other top Universities because my professors were able to explain the "why" to me.
Mr. Peter H. Selby is an excellent author. You flow through his pages without having to read over paragraphs several times in order to understand the sense of his explanations without stress and fatigue. There is no guessing nor ambiguous wording. It is difficult to put down his book for the day. I look forward to his future books.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Comment: Like many people, I didn't learn anything in any significant way in high school, so later in life I found out I lacked the necessary mathematical skills to pursue my interests in science.
Looking to fill that void I got this book and its companion introductory volume, Peter Selby and Steve Slavin's "Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide", and am extremely relieved to find out mathematical illiteracy can be remedied with the right tools.
These books not only taught me the basics of algebra and geometry, but more importantly, gave me a glimpse of how mathematical ideas are developed. Concepts that appeared to me to be mystical elaborations now seem full of reason and purpose, thanks to the self-contained nature of these two books and the step by step construction of ever more complex themes. The authors focus not on mechanical repetition but on understanding, on making sense to the student, so everything fits in in a meaningful way, instead of appearing as a loose aggregation of disjointed bits. I really got a lot of enjoyment out of learning all the material, and finding out what a wonderful world of ideas this knowledge opens up.
Of course, being a great book doesn't mean being a flawless book, and this one indeed has its shortcomings. First, this two volumes do not cover logarithms at all, so you'll have to look for that subject elsewhere. Also, the plain geometry, analytic geometry, and conic sections chapters have insufficient exercises, so you'll probably want to get an additional text to get some more practice in those areas. Finally, even though the books are a very good and well-rounded introduction, they do not go into much depth in any area. On the other hand, the introduction to limits is truly great.
If your knowledge of mathematics has ever held you back professionally or personally, this is a great place to start changing that!!
Rating: 1
Summary: Bummer
Comment: Content is fine. Binding is not.
The book is falling apart.
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Title: Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition by Peter H. Selby, Steve Slavin ISBN: 0471530123 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 14 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner ISBN: 0312185480 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Calculus by W. Michael Kelley ISBN: 0028643658 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Basic Physics : A Self-Teaching Guide by Karl F. Kuhn ISBN: 0471134473 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How to Ace Calculus : The Streetwise Guide by Colin Adams, Joel Hass, Abigail Thompson ISBN: 0716731606 Publisher: W H Freeman & Co. Pub. Date: 15 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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