Calculus: Early Transcendentals Combined | 
 enlarge | Authors: Howard Anton, Irl Bivens, Stephen Davis
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 154297
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 8
Pages: 1312
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Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.7 x 1.8
ISBN: 0471472441
Dewey Decimal Number: 515
EAN: 9780471472445
Publication Date: February 7, 2005
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Product Description
Designed for the freshman/sophomore Calculus I-II-III sequence, the eighth edition continues to evolve to fulfill the needs of a changing market by providing flexible solutions to teaching and learning needs of all kinds. The new edition retains the strengths of earlier editions such as Anton's trademark clarity of exposition, sound mathematics, excellent exercises and examples, and appropriate level. Anton also incorporates new ideas that have withstood the objective scrutiny of many skilled and thoughtful instructors and their students.
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 Excellent Organization August 16, 2008
Stephen Jackson
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have read this book thoroughly, more than once, and I have been very impressed. The exercise sets are focused on problem solving and mathematical concepts, such as the book. I have never encountered such a logical formation of mathematical rigor. I am a Physics/Mathematics major, and I have read many mathematical textbooks. I have to say that very few come close to this. Many students in my calculus classes find the book rather difficult, but they don't read the chapters. I have spoken with students, and many just skip the reading and go straight to the exercise sets. The exercise sets are difficult if you do not read the chapter, Which presents the information with adherence to the exercise sets. It takes patience and persistence to understand the language of math. If you are considering this book, or you have no choice, I would encourage you to engage yourself within the chapter reading as well as the exercise sets.
I would like to thank the authors for this text, and I will continue to keep an eye out for more.
 School Book September 11, 2008
R. Haun
If you need this book for school, get it, but if not then don't bother spending so much for information you can get cheaper.
Typical Math Book November 11, 2008
J. A. O'Connor (Independence, MO USA)
This is a typical math book in that it uses a LOT of words that only math teachers and majors use on a regular basis, but it's still quite readable. The way Howard Anton puts some of the Calculus formulae are totally undreadable if you don't have a strong math-brain, because he uses far too many variables and symbols without sufficient explaination. Other than that, my only other complaint is that, like most math books, the answers in the back of this book are so condensed that you need an entire new book to learn the methods of condensing answers in order to even read them.
 Not the worst, but aggravating at times February 8, 2007
Mason
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I used this book for a three semester Calculus regimen. At times, during Calc I, I wanted to throw it out the window; the material was sometimes presented in poor order (related rates introduced before implicit differentiation -- talk about confusing?!) and important concepts were even introduced in the homework sections. I survived the class, though, and found the rest of the book much more helpful for Calc II and III. On the whole, it was a pretty good book.
The book does contain a few errors and misprints which is something I find almost unforgivable for an 8th edition textbook. Furthermore, the solutions manual often skipped far too many steps.
Finally, I continue to find the book a helpful reference when I need a refresher, and have grown to like it more as time passes. I'd still recommend a Larson text over this one, though.
 Buy the solutions manual May 11, 2007
Gretchen Macdowall (Arlington, MA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Every concept is presented first in very obtuse symbology and proofs. You have to wade past that to the examples to see what is actually being said. This book was written first to impress other calculus professors. The proofs come in handy as examples when you have to write proofs, but they should not come first when explaining a new concept. I want to learn how to do something first, and then, having mastered the how, I have some frame of reference to help me understand the "why". I had to supplement the book material by foraging around the web for more examples and explanations.
There are also too few practical suggestions on strategy. Every once in awhile there is a little blue box with some tips in it, but they are terse. There are no strategy examples showing a problem and then explaining how one integration technique is much better/easier for that problem type than another.
If I had it to do over again I would have bought the solutions manual. If you get one wrong, it is often difficult to tell from the book answer what the process for arriving at the solution was. There are too few examples in the text.
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