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Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals Reviews

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Summary: Way better calculus textbooks than this low quality garbage
Comment: You know they just keep putting the author's credentials as if he is some math god who knows how to teach calculus. I had the earlier editions of this book and I will tell you it stinks. The textbook stinks, and the solutions manual stinks. His books are not user friendly and they seem to have a condenscending tone to the book for students who may not be crafty in mathematics as other students are.

In all this book is too advanced. Take it from me, I'm in a professional health school and I'm no dummy. This book is terrible. The publishers change the cover, and try to make a newer edition, thinking there are improvements. Don't let that cosmetic garbage fool you. I really think nothing changed with this book.

Teachers, if you want a good calculus textbook, I STRONGLY SUGGEST Calculus by Ron Larsen. Larsen's calculus textbook is good because the student can actually go home, pratice and learn calculus. A student, can't pratice calculus if he can't understand the textbook. If you want your students to pratice calculus, get a user friendly calculus textbook such as Larsen's Calculus. Stewarts, garbage textbook will only frustrate the student and you teachers will be wondering why the student is not doing will on the exams you give them. With a condescending, and unuser friendly textbook such as Stewart's Calculus, the student will lose all interst in the subject. And I know teachers don't want thier students to lose interest in a subject because the textbook is bad. Believe me, get Stewart's Calculus and watch the failing grades in your class skyrocket.

In all Stewart's Calculus is a terrible, terrible....TERRIBLE book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome!
Comment: the book was at a great price and in great condition. saved me great money! thanks!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible
Comment: This book is so condescending, it jumps from point A to B without actually explaining the reasoning. Many of the diagrams are presented in a way that is hard to understand. I'm a freshmen in College and I usually don't have this much trouble in math. However, this book confuses me to the point that I use another textbook for actual learning! Thank god our teacher doesn't collect homework because the problems in the book goes from a low-level problems to a high level problems-like that! I had to do my homework from another textbook and I'm Acing the test now. A feat that would have been impossible using this textbook solely alone. If you want to learn, please consider buying another textbook!

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Summary: 1 star on price alone
Comment: sorry but there's no way a calculus textbook can be worth $150. even $75 would be a huge stretch. and this book isn't good to begin with.
i remember using it (a previous edition, although the only thing that changes are the problems) in high school. i went through the entire thing, and managed to get straight A's on everything without actually learning what calculus is. at the time i was content with good grades because i was busy worrying about other things like my clothes and friends, but looking back on it i'm really disappointed that i didn't learn anything by reading the book. it certainly won't teach you the heart of calculus. i recommend the silvanus thompson book to teach yourself. college textbooks are, in general, badly written and overpriced by a factor of 400%.

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Summary: Puzzled by Limits and Derivatives?
Comment: This textbook is great combined with Calculus for Dummies. The two books together go in-depth about limits, derivatives, trig, algebra, and if your algebra is rusty it starts off with a precalculus. I highly recommend the two books together. The examples in the Single Variable Calculus:Early Transcendentals are very vague and dont show some very crucial steps but over all the book I received was in mint condition, and I just love the new book smell and knowing no one else had it but me. Thanks Amazon! J.T.

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