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Calculus With Analytic Geometry | 
 enlarge | Author: George F Simmons
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 50591
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 880
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.1 x 1.6
ISBN: 0070576424
Dewey Decimal Number: 515.15
EAN: 9780070576421
Publication Date: October 1, 1996
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Product Description
Written by acclaimed author and mathematician George Simmons, this revision is designed for the calculus course offered in two and four year colleges and universities. It takes an intuitive approach to calculus and focuses on the application of methods to real-world problems. Throughout the text, calculus is treated as a problem solving science of immense capability.
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 The best introductory calculus textbook. Period. May 22, 2000
Steven A Leduc (San Diego, CA)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
I own no fewer than 20 different Calculus books, and no introductory Calculus textbook can compare in clarity to Simmons' book. The impeccable writing style guides the reader through the world of calculus. Simmons provides motivation, and the gentle (but nevertheless appropriately rigorous) story is like water flowing downhill: natural and seemingly effortless. He also does not linger over pesky unimportant details, but gets to the heart of the matter quickly. The book places rigorous proofs of some of the most important theorems in an appendix (where they should be for an introductory course), illuminating applications of some of the topics in the book, and fascinating brief bios of some of the world's greatest mathematicians, in addition to many many excellent problems (from elementary to challenging). For anyone wanting to learn calculus from scratch, I can't think of a better book.
My guide through calculus April 15, 2003
Daniel V. Gomes (Jaguariuna-SP Brazil)
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
When I was a freshman in College, a friend of mine showed a book. As I was taking Calculus I simply took it at hand and started to read it. I was surprised because the explanation was
so clear and the text was so well written and in many ways very artistic. I bought it and this book helped me very much. It covers the genesis of calculus, the very basics of limits and function, introduces differential equations, it is very precise on describing differential and integral calculus, it gives you a solid knowledge of Analic Geometry, it is a very good guide to series and my favorite area is more than 1 dimension functions.
Its exercises vary from those which teach you the way of thinking through those very hard ones that simply grant that you got it all.
One of the best comments I ever read in a book for Enginneers was one that the author made about solving non linear equations.
I can't remember literally but it was something like "you should try to solve this non-linear equation using your intelligence, yet sometimes you won't really find a solution". That comment for a Math book is such a evolution.
Apart from the Math issues, the author has a deep knowledge
of Phylosophy of Science and its story. Simply one of my 3 favorite technical/ science books ever.
solid calc book May 19, 2005
Berton Wiser (Columbus, OH)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is perfect if you are looking for a book that has a nice balance between theory and application. Theory is presented on an as-needed basis and there is more in the appendix if the reader is so inclined. This was an excellent book for me my freshman year and it has been a good reference for me throughout my math career. It is a nice stepping stone on the way to spivak.
Instigates the passion for Maths June 16, 2001
Michael Benitah (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is not a rigorous book with proofs and theorems. On the contrary, it is a book that succesfully accomplishes the task of presenting the subject and explaining it in a simple, easy and readable language. The book stresses the beauty of Calculus by using very ingenious but not at all rigorous proofs. Those proofs are generally faster to understand and they accomplish the goal of convincing the reader that the theorems really work and are true. The book also features two marvellous appendixes on some curious topics on Maths and on the most important mathematicians of all times showing their biographies and achievements.
The Oasis April 19, 2007
Christopher Osburn (Seattle, WA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have a big, dirty secret: I needed three tries to get through calculus. Needless to say, I went through (or at least started) three calculus books. The third of these was Simmons' first edition of the current volume. Dr. Simmons takes a historical approach to the material, following discovery after discovery. While today we define the derivative in terms of the limit, this definition (and the delta-epsilon proof machinery beneath the limit concept) came after the geometric notion of the tangent of a curve. I found it enormously helpful to know where I was going before I started. And why not? The great mathematicians that built the rigorous foundations beneath the calculus all knew where they had to end up.
One other topic that Dr. Simmons enjoys is arithmetic series. This topic unfolded like a flower during its presentation. As I moved into computer science, this provided valuable background to some of the iterative methods of calculation I was exposed to.
I might have a different perspective, though; George Simmons was my Calc 2 prof :-)
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