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Calculus: Early Transcendentals Combined | 
 enlarge | Authors: Howard Anton, Irl Bivens, Stephen Davis
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
Buy New: $139.00
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 14094
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 8
Pages: 1312
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.1
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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 Worthless book August 29, 2008
Marine2171 (Texas)
I purchased this book for Calc III (Didn't have time to get it from Amazon otherwise I would have purchased just the Calc III book). While trying to do the homework, I return to the text for help. The examples are far and few between and even when you do get one, its very basic. I absolutely do not recommend this book.
 Excellent Organization August 16, 2008
Stephen Jackson
1 out of 1 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.
Very difficult book to understand and made me dislike Calculus. January 8, 2008
nubi78 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The primary problem with this book is it does not explain the concept using more then a cryptic 1/2 page of text. It then proceeds to bombard you with examples that make virtually no sense because you will most likely not fully understand the concept. This method is repeated over and over again.
I also had the impression that the example problems were overly complex and instead of demonstrating the concept being taught, they added unnecessary complexity for complexity sake.
I am a fan of the building block method of learning where you keep a subject simple until it is mastered and then you build upon it. This book does not follow that process.
Lastly, if you are purchasing this book I would recommend you try to find other sources from your local library to reinforce your learning.
Textbook and Solution Manual Suck September 18, 2007
pinkycutiepie (RunAwayWonderLand, USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I think the text is hard to understand and the solution manual's answers are not worked out and are identical to the answers in the back of the textbook. Don't buy the solution manual! Not worth it!
I read the text from page to page because I have a bad professor who can't teach and can't speak English. He knows his stuff, but he can't teach so if you happen to be in my shoes with bad teacher and bad book,
I say 'screw' the class and take it another time! The text is difficult to understand.
Buy the solutions manual May 11, 2007
Gretchen Macdowall (Arlington, MA United States)
4 out of 4 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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