Single Variable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts (with Tools for Enriching Calculus, Interactive Video Skillbuilder CD-ROM, and iLrn Homework/Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING) | 
 enlarge | Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 100419
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 784
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0534410227
Dewey Decimal Number: 515
EAN: 9780534410223
Publication Date: November 5, 2004
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Product Description
Stewart's SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, THIRD EDITION offers a streamlined approach to teaching calculus, focusing on major concepts and supporting those with precise definitions, patient explanations, and carefully graded problems. SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS is highly regarded because it has successfully brought peace to departments that were split between reform and traditional approaches to teaching calculus. Not only does the text help reconcile the two schools of thought by skillfully merging the best of traditional calculus with the best of the reform movement, it does so with innovation and meticulous accuracy.
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 A Great Intro Calc Book December 31, 2001
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I used this book for a first semester calculus course at Cornell University last summer, and I thought that the book was very good. The examples were helpful, and the book was able to cover a reasonable amount of material in the applications of calculus while remaining focused on teaching the calculus. The only problem with the book is that for high school students taking AP Calculus BC this book lacks topics in polar and vector calculus, but that is a very minor part of the test which shouldn't be too hard to learn from your teacher. For Calculus AB, however, the book covers everything you need. This is a great textbook.
This is a _stellar_ text! December 2, 2005
H. Liu (Portland, OR USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been swamped with homework in general, and have been behind in many classes. So, often times I won't have the foundations to understand the current concept my calc teacher is explaining in class. However, with this calc book, the explanations are so clear, and the in-text examples and practice problems so plentiful, that I can truly say I'm confident in my calculus skills, even without any teacher instruction.
Which isn't to say you should [AP] advanced procrastinate like I'm doing right now. But..
It's really a superb book, and possibly my favorite HS/technically college-prep textbook ever.
The only downside, though, is the online supplementary material doesn't seem to work for me no matter what I do. Maybe it needs teacher intervention for things to show up? It seems like it'd be a great source of extra problems, but all I can seem to find are flash videos for a couple sections a chapter. Oh well.
But again, this text really makes me happy. Get it, it's def worth your time, and a spot on your bookshelf.
Even Answers February 20, 2007
K. Hanson
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book should also have even answers. We should unite and form a union of students against even homework assignments.
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 Was just what I needed and saved! February 8, 2008
Cindy Cha (portland, or USA)
I am only going to take Calculus 1 and saw that the Calculus edition was around $200.00 and was a HUGE textbook. I didn't need that. All I needed was the basic to get me through the first course. And I found it for only 115.00 including shipping and handling. I saved a lot and it was worth it.
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