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Title: Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry by George Finlay, Simmons ISBN: 0-939765-13-6 Publisher: Glencoe/Macmillan McGraw Hill Pub. Date: 01 February, 1988 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $17.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent distilled precalculus will help you succeed
Comment: This is one of my very favorite math books of all time. As a survivor of the deplorable California education system in the sixties and seventies, I had to teach myself math because most of my teachers didn't either didn't know how to teach basic math or else they didn't understand it themselves. I used this book! I have had my copy for around twenty years and it is all beaten up and filled with highlighting and notes. I have shown it to friends whenever they needed help and they have asked to buy my copy off me, but I refuse to sell it. I send them here instead.
Also, I recommended this book to a friend and walked her though the basics so that she regained her cofidence and knowledge enough to pass the GMAT within a couple of weeks!
In my opinion, this book gives it all to you -- the basics -- without getting "cutesy" or patronizing -- which is what many of the new "easy to understand" precalculus books unfortunately do. Nor does it leave out substance, which is what you need if you are trying to pass or master this subject. What more could you ask?
One thing to keep in mind, though, if you want to practice your math, use this book with an additional book of problems. There really isn't enough problems in the book for practice. But then, that was not the author's intention, anyway. You should know that when you buy it, though.
Rating: 5
Summary: A crash course to bring you up to speed..
Comment: This book is a great tool for those who have been away from algebra, geometry, and trig for a short while. The author treats one to a 'no nonsense' crash course in basic concepts. This being the case, the book is fast paced and very crisp. There is not much 'hand holding' here. Topics are explained quite well and to the point with a good number of exercises.
One caveat though. If you have been away from math for say 10 - 20 years you will often get lost wading through the material. The text does assume that one's thinking process is still attuned to basic skills such as the "two sign change" rule in a compound expression. Therefore if you find that you have forgotten the tricks involved in things like factoring you will be better served to first go with say "Practical Algebra: A self teaching Guide" and "Geometry and Trig for Calculus". Both by Selby et al.
However, if you've been away from math for only a short time (< 5 years), by all means get this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Short and Sweet
Comment: The trig proofs take up 3 or 4 pages. Not bad! Schaum's Outline on Precalculus may come in handy, too.
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Title: Geometry and Trigonometry for Calculus (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides) by Peter H. Selby ISBN: 0471775584 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 18 April, 1975 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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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: Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition by Peter H. Selby, Steve Slavin ISBN: 0471530123 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 14 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Schaum's Outline of Precalculus by Fred Safier ISBN: 0070572615 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Calculus With Analytic Geometry by George F Simmons ISBN: 0070576424 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $99.69 |
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