RIP James Stewart. He died December 3rd, 2014 of Multiple Myeloma at the age of 73. His profound influence on mathematics, and especially calculus will be greatly missed.
I have that book for myself. It is a wonderful book. In between pages, I have inserted loose sheets (8" x 6") as *BOOKMARKS.* On those sheets (preferably wafer-thin paper), I have scribbled notes, examples of questions & answers, definitions of notations, and titles of tutorials in RU-vid. When I go to open the book and read chapters, I have my handy bookmarks of explanatory notes there.
I’ve found the Stewart book to be extremely readable for my self-study purposes. I like the layout of the book and the graphics. I found a relatively inexpensive copy at a used bookstore.
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The only thing I like about these newer Calculus books is the use of multicolor graphics. When I took Calculus in the late 70s we used Thomas' 4th Edition which was that large yellow book with the curve on the front. We completed Calc 1 and Calc 2 using this book which included 1 hour lecture every day with problem sets each day. This book may have not been a "pretty" as the newer books with pictures, but I didn't really care. I just wanted to learn the math, which you did by doing problems. I never took notes in class. I followed that up with a semester of linear algebra and another semester of Differential equations using Boyce/DePrima 's book Differential Equations and boundary value problems. That was a kind of difficult read and we didn't cover the entire book as it got into kind of esoteric subjects such as finding characteristics of solutions of unsolvable D.Es. I never had a Vector Calculus class. We kind of had to learn it on our own when we got to the 3rd of 5 quarters of Physics for Chemistry majors covering Electricity and Magnetism. More math was involved in 2 quarters of Physical Chemistry for seniors in Chemistry major that covered basic quantum mechanics and Statistical Mechanics. I still like and own the early Thomas 4th edition Calculus book, only other book that interests me is Spivak's Calculus book.
Lol I can relate to when you said I look at math books on Saturday night haha 😂. But really good review ! I agree with the review exercise and true or false problem solving questions are really great ! I just got this book last week and I’m already ranking it as one of my favorites
A lot of people hate this book. Mostly because of a ridiculous price and for having new editions every year. And for having too much similar exercises. There was also comments about wrong definitions.
I'm not a fan when books make new editions all the time without significant changes. I do still recommend the book though. Thanks for commenting and have a great day!
It’s basically what he starts explaining at 1:56 mark. If you have the Early Transcendentals version, it covers the exponential, logarithmic, and inverse trigonometric functions in the initial chapters.
I had not seen this book (I'm not in the U.S.) I took my Calculus courses using Dennis G. Zill's "Calculus and Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry", and another textbook (which I lost) from Earl Swokowski. My copy of Stewart's book is on the way to me. THanks for the heads-up!
The difference is about where in the syllabus the logarithms and exponentials are dealt with. In some traditional courses this is done later whereas in the “early transcendentals” it is taught earlier. The difference in the textbook versions is about where those sections come relative to other material.
I really love the ron larson 6th an thomas 11th, but I have used this book an I got to agree with you its a complete text one can really teach themself from.😊
What book should I get. I'm planning to major in computer science. Should I get Calculus 8th edition By James stewart or Calculus Early transcendentals 8th edition?
It depends on what type of calculus you want to do. There are three types: computational, semi-computational and theoretical. The main difference between them is that theoretical calculus delves into proofs, that's it. My recommendation (NT: are of single variable/ calculus 1 & 2) are the following... Computational: - Calculus Early/Late Transcendentals by Stewart (in my opinion it doesn't matter that much whether it's late or early transcendentals). - Calculus by Ron Larson. Stewart and Larson have similar prose. I like Larson's prose. I only remember those. Semi-computational: - Calculus by David Patrick (my favourite one single variable calculus), a book that is as, if not more challenging than kissing people during a Ebola or TB crisis. It has tough problems. You will become a better problem solver with it. - Calculus by Serge Lang, listen/read I might be wrong about this book belonging in this category. BTW, this book is amazing if you want nothing but great explanations. Theoretical: - Calculus by Serge Lang, like I said, I don't know where to put this one. - Calculus by Gilbert Strang, it is an amazing book AND the lectures of the author himself are available on MIT website double score. - Intro to Calculus and Analysis Vol I by Richard Courant, if you want quite a theoretical calculus book that includes applications then this is the Calculus book for you. I'm not kidding with the applications. I haven't heard of a calculus book with applications better than this one. - Calculus with Linear Algebra by Tom Apostol, well I have nothing to say about this book. My favourite theoretical calculus book however it's main disadvantage is that he is not the best at explaining from time to time. - Calculus by Spivak, you probably heard the legends surrounding this book. Such as people crying while sleeping walking. Well I can tell you that if you're not ready to prove EVERYTHING in your Calculus course then this book isn't for you. It's the most "rigorous" calculus book out there. Calculus with Analytic Geometry by George Thomas, if you want to visualize the concepts that you learn then this is for you. Nough said. Then there is the bonus category, the... Cookie cutter ( books good for examples and interesting explanations): - by Daniel Vellman - by Silvanus Thompson & Gardner - by Adrien Banner - by Zbigniew Nitecki - Calculus for Dummies by I don't know Pick your poison. My advice get versed in Algebra, Trigonometry and Geometry AND Discrete mathematics (well discrete maths is really a requirement but Do it) before embarking on calculus otherwise you'll regret. For Algebra I recommend The Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) or Algebra by Gelfand. For Trigonometry I recommend Gelfand. For Geometry I recommend AoPS book on geometry or Gelfand. For precalculus in general I recommend George Simmons, Ron Larson or Stewart. My final advices are probably never going to be seen by anyone are: * Do Computational before Theoretical or do them at the same time (if you have the guts). Only use Semi-computational (semi-computational has both proofs and computational with more emphasis on proofs) if you are using Computational. *Or do whatever you want. *Enjoy. Many forget to do so, so please DO IT. * I only know two books on Multi-variable Calculus which are by Apostol and Gelfand (in all honesty Gelfand book is good but it has the worst table of contents I've ever seen). If the books are expensive for you (they actually are expensive) use Khan Academy. No one said it would be easy.
@@standowner6979 Dude that is amazing, you said it man. What a wonderfully subject, reading calculus made easy, an it is a fun read. Ron larson and thomas are the authors i started from but your right the are a ton of fun books for the area one is intrested in😁
Thank for your recommendation. Have you ever hear of apex calculus, if so, what are your thoughts on it? And what do you thing of Leithold's calculus ? Do you know a book where I can got the basis to solve the Spivaks calculus prologue? In what mathematics one should take on it ? Thank you very much for taking the time to respond
I recommend Point Set Topology: A Transition to Higher Mathematics by Andre Yandi The first chapter is just about proofs and sets. Those are concepts that will be useful for many math classes.
What is meant by Early Transcendentals? I see some books with that title and some do not. For learning, does it matter to have what this means in the book?
It's been a year and no one ever answered your question. Maybe you've already found the answer elsewhere, but I'll reply just in case you didn't or someone else comes across this comment and has the same question. By "Early Transcendental Functions", it means it is a version of the book that begins discussing calculus on so-called transcendental functions--like exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions--early in the book. If you look where Math Guy shows the table of contents, these things are in chapter 3, where the concept of the derivative is first introduced. In the "regular" version of the book, the author will not include lessons on derivatives of these functions in an early chapter, like chapter 3 in this book. Instead, the author will only discuss derivatives of polynomials, rational functions, and some other types of functions near the beginning of the book. The author will then do a chapter on integrals, which is chapter 5 in this book, and then return to the topic of derivatives, but applied to the transcendental functions. My experience in US colleges is that the Early Transcendentals versions are more popular. The idea is just to finish derivatives for all the basic types of functions before moving on to the separate topic of integrals.
Thomas calculus 11ed has many applications in physics an engineering. But a really fun book is basic technical math by k.a STROUD. Another really good math text with lots of applied stem topics is "basic tech math 7th ed" by allen j Washington, but there are newer versions that has the solution manual for it, so that when you are teaching yourself you can have some fun with it.
Real analysis is more concerned with why calculus works and developing the theory while applied calculus is using the tool of calculus to help solve problems which relate to change.
Calculus made easy first printed in 1928, the book is free to download (pdf format) , its actually a fun read and assumes no prior knowledge one the subject.
It is like the difference between a polished turd and a turd of the ordinary variety. Watch bri’s videos and maths505 instead You will be much better off
It’s a section indicating this is a free review copy and is not to be sold. It’s the same version as the book sold to students, but this is sent for free to instructors.
Oh the boxed formulas and definitions. Invented as a tool for quick referencing, more often than not, they give students the impression of "that's all there is too it" for the subject (plus perhaps a few spelled-out computations that followed). In my opinion, this encourages bad, lazy learning habbits (after all, there's the index at the back for quick referencing) and does little to foster critical thinking. I'm not saying every calculus text should be a puzzle-to-be-solved like baby Rudin, but at least it should warn the reader that, behind these "clean" formulas and problems with closed-form solutions, there are deep, often messy issues that need to resolved, such as the nature of the real numbers.
My copy came with a CD. It contained a video welcome message from Jimmy Stewart, and TEC tools (tools for enriching calculus). I haven't explored what the TEC tools were, and I no longer use a computer with a CD drive.
