Why This Old Book Might Just Be Your Best Bet for Learning Calculus

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@sterlingteall3462 8 месяцев назад

My dad suggested that I learn Calculus from that book written by Swokowski, and I actually have it. He died this last year from pneumonia unfortunately, but he was a very intelligent person who taught math to high schoolers for over two decades. Anyways, man, I love your videos.

@scottaseigel5715 7 месяцев назад

I am so sorry for your loss. That hits home for me. I’m an older math teacher. I lost my wife and my second granddaughter in 2021 and my own dad, step-dad, aunt and uncle in the handful of years before that. It’s so hard on everyone. No matter how much we know it’s coming, that analytical understanding never prepares us for the experience. Beware forgetting; actively keep the best memories alive!

@kjmav10135 8 месяцев назад

I just grabbed a copy! I’m a few years away from being able to do Calculus, but I’m building my math library, realizing that text books are going the way of the dinosaur. THANK YOU for this channel! You keep me going on my math self-study!

@fanfam 8 месяцев назад

Good luck and get it done!

@embersandash 8 месяцев назад

Where did you find one?

@Solitary_Observer 7 месяцев назад

Good luck on your mathematical journey😊

@illtryanything5264 7 месяцев назад

You are NEVER too far away. I learned the vast majority of my math while earning my physics bachelor's. Most would say you have to know the math first. You may learn more of your other math by stretching. Almost certainly, you would learn better calc by immediately using to solve real world stuff.

@UNIQUEMATH 3 месяца назад

Can I get the PDF of the book?

@andreroodt4647 8 месяцев назад

It's so true. Even now that I'm in my 50s and still studying for various IT certifications, the need for "learning something else" is something I constantly grapple with.

@dankata999 8 месяцев назад

I'm from Bulgaria but am currently in my 3rd year of university in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, everything is online, but in my home country - Bulgaria - although online homework is being incorporated, many teachers are somewhat skeptical about it and prefer to keep the old-school methods, resulting in a somewhat hybrid environment. Love the vids, wish you all the best!

@edenvasev1749 7 месяцев назад

Само напред и нагоре, брат

@kurtfrancis4621 7 месяцев назад

Graduate HS & University here in the U.S. in the 1980s. Trust me, old school is best. Working out problems on a real blackboard or whiteboard allows you to step back and look at everything more clearly.

@alanphil 8 месяцев назад

I took Calc 1 in 1980 and used this same book. Still have my copy on the shelf! Your video is reminding me it is time to review again.

@surrealistidealist 8 месяцев назад

Two of the coolest calculus books I recently found are Velleman's Calculus: A Rigorous First Course and Waner & Costenoble's Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus. They're very unique and put a great emphasis on explanations and applications for first-time learners. Velleman's book seems best for when you're feeling really focused, but Waner & Costenoble is better for when you need something easier and more relaxed.

@TheOnlyBootlegger 8 месяцев назад

OMG I WAS JUST ABOUT TO TWEET YOU ABOUT THIS BOOK LAST NIGHT. I got my copy for 5 bucks at Goodwill. I think a local math teacher passed away because there were a ton of old math texts there.

@melissam6037 8 месяцев назад

OMG Earl Swokowski !!! We used all his text books at city college of San Francisco back in the eighties! I still have my books, especially my beloved calculus book!

@devon9374 2 месяца назад

This book is the 🐐 I have the 6th edition The quality of the diagrams and visuals blow my mind. It’s from the early 90s and has better ones than modern books

@guidichris 8 месяцев назад

This was the text I used in 1978. Great text. Just dug it out, first edition. I love old texts, as it reminds us that folks have been studying (in some cases struggling) with these topics for centuries. There's nothing better than the smell of an old text.

@TheMathSorcerer 8 месяцев назад

🔥🔥

@leif1075 8 месяцев назад

@TheMathSorcerer Thanks for sharing. I really hope you cam respond to my other question when you can. It would mean a lot and is very important abiut the proof. Thanks very much.

@RyanAmplification 8 месяцев назад

I got Thomas calculus and analytic geometry 4th edition for less than $10 last week and it is amazing. I might snag this one too. There’s something so pure about old books.

@l.w.paradis2108 8 месяцев назад

I loved Loomis for Intro Calculus. It educated my intuition in such a good way, for me at least. I never once flubbed a limit problem . . . Well, only one time, but I caught it and corrected it at the last minute. I still remember that, lol. I got them right the first time, except for that time. I used to seek them out and do all of them from other books. Crazy. 😅

@akadeedub7446 7 месяцев назад

That was my calculus text in the 80s. As a financially struggling student at the time, I especially appreciated the money I saved being able to use the same book for an entire series of classes. Same with Halliday and Resnick for physics.

@PorknBeans1 8 месяцев назад

Just got a copy from your link! I'm in calculus 2 right now. I will be taking calculus 3 next semester. I'm happy I found your channel. I hate doing online homework.. I love physical books that I can flip through the pages. This will be very helpful for me! Thank you 😊

@dennisbell9639 8 месяцев назад

I have owned this textbook for 44 years.My first exposure to The Calculus was Earl's book.

@dennisbell9639 8 месяцев назад

I have accumulated and purged many math books from 1978,but have kept four calculus books from these great instructors: Earl Swokowski,Howard Anton,Dennis Zill,and Murray Spiegel.

@claudiomcamuzzojr.8415 8 месяцев назад

I'm from Brazil, this was my first book (Portuguese version in two vol.) that I bought in 1987 to study mechanical engineering. I still consult him today.

@dennisbell9639 8 месяцев назад

No better learning and reference source than a well written textbook.They are gold!

@MrFreddarama 7 месяцев назад

That book and others have long been part of my library. I love the old style and the exercises in it. Love the author and how he explains the concepts to make them simple. I used that book to self learn calculus while in the 3rd grade.

@dunethebuffoon3370 4 месяца назад

damn, 3rd grade? I was struggling to divide in 3rd grade lmao.

@Oilzilla 8 месяцев назад

Wow! A stroll down memory lane. That was my calculus book in college circa 1979 - 1980! (Yes, I'm an old dude.) After all these years I still have it, despite attempts by my ex-wife and ex-mother-in-law to throw it out. It's a treasured item.

@jjr6929 8 месяцев назад

Glad to hear that it outlasted them !!!

@TheJhtlag 8 месяцев назад

lol. Every guy should have a rule about their favorite hang-out, you know the place you really feel comfortable in, got your beer, great hamburgers, whatever. Never, ever tell your girlfriend or wife about it. There are plenty of places out there that should be fine and she'll like, but always, always keep that one to yourself even if you can never go there. I see the analogy here with your book, you'll still have it when you need it.

@RaRePtr 8 месяцев назад

the sad thing is that one day you will not find physical copy of this books

@shadowshadow2724 8 месяцев назад

If you have a digital copy and got a printer you can produce how many physical copies you like.

@truearmy1953 8 месяцев назад

@@shadowshadow2724 ©️ copyright 👽🦴. You can be sued. Digital copies are only published because of the mercy of the author and publishing company. So no one should try to fool them, betray them.

@AnnieMarie869 8 месяцев назад

I've heard kids toda6 in school are not taught from actual physical book they can hold and flip through I've heard they are taught mostly on laptop computers

@surrealistidealist 8 месяцев назад

Sorry, guys. I'm the one who keeps buying all of them up! 😅🤣

@highviewbarbell 8 месяцев назад

@@AnnieMarie869my college supposedly uses only MyMathLab all the way through the entire calculus sequemce

@batuhanguner8103 8 месяцев назад

Today we have an astounding amount of information on the internet and almost every book in digital form. It's very convenient but sometimes you find an rare old book in a store and it just grabs your attention. It can be a novel, a cookbook, anything. It feels like finding a treasure. You could probably find its digital copy if you searched but having a relic in your hands is just different. I guess it's another way our brains just want to do something else. That same book or information might not have grabbed our attention presented in another way.

@dennmillsch 8 месяцев назад

I taught Calculus several years at a small private high school. They had some Calculus books where the questions seemed kind of touchy-feely and asking you to journal about certain problems. Neither I nor the students liked it. So I went out to local thrift stores and online and got copies of Howard Anton's Calculus and Analytic Geometry from the 1980s for around $4 to $5 per copy. Major improvement!!! I don't know about Swokowski but I can easily imagine we would also have been happy using his books instead of what we had.

@scottaseigel5715 7 месяцев назад

Hello fellow calc teacher! I’ve had so many such experiences. Why are our books getting worse? And the standards-HAH! Who is behind the destruction of mathematics education and why?

@stephenlochirco531 8 месяцев назад

I hate online homework, I guess I am old school but there is nothing better than having a physical book in you hands with the solutions in the back of the book, and a book with detailed examples.

@dennisbell9639 8 месяцев назад

Exactly.

@dezinerg 7 месяцев назад

This channel is amazing and the host is so passionate and good at math. I just wish I could give him a personal brand make over!

@luisramrod9121 8 месяцев назад

I love the classical edition! It was my first calculus book! This book means so much to me!

@jay-rgroup 8 месяцев назад

I actually found volumes 1 and 2 of this exact book 8 years ago on my grandmother's garage, right when I had started taking college calculus and analysis! This was the book I used and, now that I'm doing my PhD, I still have both volumes always within arm's reach of my desk

@l.w.paradis2108 8 месяцев назад

WOW!! I learned trigonometry from that author in one long weekend!!! There was just something about how he explained stuff that clicked. Believe me, I would not not NOT have been able to do this with another book. I tried. No. This was the author for me. That's how I did it.

@zachbangkok 8 месяцев назад

Having already possessed this very same textbook from my US college days in the 1980’s, I inadvertently found your videos 2 1/2 years ago searching for other calculus textbooks for my son. And now I own about 14 different calculus books for no reason at all.

@seanhogan4484 8 месяцев назад

This is two in a row! I have this book, 2nd Ed. and I have Anton's Linear Algebra, 3rd Ed that I just saw you talk about! I was a Math major in the early 80s.

@KevinBalch-dt8ot 8 месяцев назад

I also have Anton’s Linear Algebra as well as Swokowski 1st Edition. You didn’t go to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by any chance?

@seanhogan4484 8 месяцев назад

I did not. I went to NIU in Illinois@@KevinBalch-dt8ot

@alexcarter8807 8 месяцев назад

The 1930s - 1960s were a great time for books on how to understand math and science. First, grab everything by Isaac Asimov. There's also Mathematics For The Millions by Lancelot Hogben. You can also grab old textbooks or peruse them in the library because although they all cover the same stuff, they all do it slightly differently and I found this very helpful.

@dennisbell9639 8 месяцев назад

I agree 100 percent.Hogben's book is a jewel packed with mathematical gems.I have an old paperback reprint and a few years ago found an original hardcover printing of the book at a Goodwill store.And I own several of Isaac Asimov 's physics / math books as well.Your dad knew best.

@evanbarnes9984 7 месяцев назад

I have the first volume of Asimov's physics book, and it's absolutely incredible. That man was an absolute monster of knowledge

@timeslices7923 8 месяцев назад

Great channel! I've learned Abstract Algebra, Topology, and Proofs thanks to your videos and book recommendations. My brain feels so much sharper and intelligent.

@l.w.paradis2108 8 месяцев назад

It is! 😊

@Samer_baroudi97 8 месяцев назад

I live in Lebanon (a small country in the middle east) and Math online homework are still not that common here I graduated with a Bsc. In Computer Science couple years ago and all my math homeworks were in good old pen and paper. Unfortunately tho, books are little more expensive here and we usually get our books in a pirated PDF copy. But I'm really interested in getting a real book once I can afford it and keep my math skills sharp 💪 I don't really staring at a phone screen all day. Physical books are the way to go

@dennisbell9639 8 месяцев назад

Exactly

@rodneysolgonick7021 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the review. I literally used Swokowski 2nd edition to learn Calculus in high school. I found a like new copy of that edition about four years ago and still use it for reviewing and referencing the subject (also have a copy of the 6th edition, an excellent update) Agreed, iconic text!

@user-qr1fe9cj9y 8 месяцев назад

Your comments about learning under pressure are spot on. When I took thermodynamics in college, I struggled mightily, and barely passed. I could always find something more interesting to do than study thermo. Then, several years ago, I signed up to take the PE exam. I knew thermo was a subject I was weak in, and decided to re-read my old thermo book pretty much like a novel, and not worry too much about the problems. I’ll be damned if it didn’t turn out to be some of the most interesting reading I’d done in a long time. Yes, there was pressure, but it wasn’t the same kind you experience in school. If I didn’t pass the PE exam on the first try, I could always try again.

@fanfam 8 месяцев назад

Your words in the first minute are exactly what happens and I am no exception. Strange that it does. But now I heard it from another person so somehow became aware of it. It will never happen again. No more easy roads because of the fact that life is busy in all other areas is well. I need to get the degree no matter what. I just turned 40 and went back to study construction engineering. I had some private issues for same years but back on it now. I am from the Netherlands and yes the books are slowly being phased out here as well. We still have physical classes for most of the time our homework for math is still pen and paper. Maybe because I am older but I prefer books over online content. It's just more complete depending on the books of course. I think in the next 5 or 10 years there are no more books available at the campus. I am getting the book as well. I already have Calculus the complete course, but some old school approach and insight will make a differents.

@sir_albaxious1909 6 месяцев назад

YES! THIS BOOK! I have it from the library. I have been looking for a video from you that talked about this. I have to say it is a very great book. The writer brings up prerequisites at the start so you don't get stuck. I am 16 and I have actually fallen in love with this book. It is like a teacher who is willing to teach every bit for you to have a better picture of Calculus. It gives you exercises for you to remember things. I thought of keeping this book from the library but once I saw this, I am going to buy it from your affiliate link. Thanks!

@user-rp8ij8pm7l 8 месяцев назад

I'm a computer engineering student here in Kuwait and yes we do use online homeworks for popular subjects (things like calculus, differential equations, physics, and chemistry). We mainly use those major platforms like Cengage and Pearson (we purchase the access code for each course). In a nutshell, our system is almost identical to the American system

@jasonadamik2206 7 месяцев назад

Wow! This was my text in Fall 1980 at Texas A&M University. I recognized the cover immediately.

@MCJSA 4 месяца назад

This feeling that you want to do something other than what your teacher tells you is about student agency, that is the power to self-direct and choose. Accommodation of agency can be built into curricula but often isn't. I don't think this is a criticism of any individual teacher, but the culture of education, which often regards students as objects to be acted upon, builds this resistance in all of us from an early age.

@lasalleman6792 8 месяцев назад

I'm trying to learn Calculus . Your books and insights are very helpful.

@gautamhathiwala7267 8 месяцев назад

I had both this book for $1 around 18 yrs back. No kidding. It was a book fair in India, and I got this book. I haven't refered the book much but I agree withe smell of the book ❤

@marcelodoo6422 8 месяцев назад

Back in 1986, on Rio de Janeiro, I was struggling with my multi-variable calculus. I could not understand the classes, nor the textbook that was recommend as the textbook. I did well in single variable calculus. How could it be? Something was missing. I came across the Portuguese translation of this book, and O saw the light. The definition of verctor fields and the analogies the author used are still with me after so many years. I never understood why this is not the most used calculus book in the world. The text is VERY clear, paced and the exercises were indeed challenging but doable. Your could not be more correct in this video. Thank you for bringing me back to this piece of teaching treasure!

@philippemts88 8 месяцев назад

A physics professor recommended me this book. I used it so many time and I still use as reference. I wish I could have this one on my collection but it's quite hard to find where I live and people are selling it at obscene prices in the internet because it's "rare". I only own a digital copy. I think the proofs and demonstrations are often better explained in Swokowski than in Stewart or Thomas anyway.

@robertovolpi 8 месяцев назад

It is nice to recognise some elements of how math was taught back in the day, as transcendental studied after integrals, and D operator.

@xyzct 7 месяцев назад

Hey, that's the book I used as a freshman! I still have it!! God, my teacher was a little old lady and she was AWESOME!

@duncanrichardson2167 4 месяца назад

I love "smells amazing". Whenever I enter a large library I get thrill from the aroma of books, a promise of mystery and joy.

@renscience 7 месяцев назад

Swokowski, used it in class through Cal III 40 years ago. Remember it as if yesterday. We had a prof from hell in Calc I. If you didn’t underline a fraction correctly, or include an argument in an irrational root…zero, even if you got it right. Kicked our butts. Thought me to be accurate and made all advanced maths a breeze.

@cswanson4476 7 месяцев назад

Please, when showcasing these precious books, mention the publisher. I’ve learned over the years to especially respect certain publishers: Wiley, A-W, Springer, etc., while being more often disappointed by others.

@martm216 8 месяцев назад

Opening observations very true. A good lecturer I had once said that if teachers told students that everything on the syllabus wasn't on the syllabus, and replaced them with things that weren't on the syllabus, then all courses would be more successful.

@saulorocha3755 8 месяцев назад

Stokowski was the standard Calculus book when I was in college here in Brazil.

@foodfootfool 7 месяцев назад

Every time I watch this guy's video, I love how he enjoys smelling the book. That's exactly what I do to my beloved books.

@YehorBoiar 8 месяцев назад

Speaking of online homework in differenct countries. I'm studying in 2 usniverstities right now. One is ukrainian university called "National university Zaproizka Polytechunic" and the other one is british university called "University of St Andrews"; in both universities I study subjects related to math and we do calculus. Before war in Ukraine we still did our homework from textbooks which we usually looked up on the internet and lecturers would coullect our notebooks with our homework and mark it by hand at home. In St Andrews we have something called "excersise class". In that class everybody could come with either finished or half finished homework (they don't mark homework) and ask your questions you have about the homework. This class lasts 50 minutes, which is not enough time to finish all of your homework, but usually it's enough time to finish the half of your homework.

@aceroadholder2185 7 месяцев назад

I would also highly recommend "Calculus Made Easy" by Silvanus P. Thompson 1910 ed. It assumes you have no one to show you anything. Available in print and as a PDF online. Mathematicians hate it because of Thompson's explanation of how calculus works. Of course, it makes perfect sense to an engineer. In print, it's small enough to fit in a jacket pocket.

@dhickey5919 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, Math Sorcerer. In my Florida college only a few professors use the online homework tools. Almost everyone teaching calculus wants to see handwritten pages. I'm looking to do problems outside the Stewart textbook we're assigned so this video was just what I needed.

@thomasblackwell9507 8 месяцев назад

Flashback! The same book I used back in the day! Great book! You can get a solution manual for it along with a study guide back when I was in college.

@jnclouddragon9648 8 месяцев назад

Used the text to learn Calculus...years later, I was able to acquire a complete set of the accompanying solutions manuals.

@roberthaley3672 7 месяцев назад

This exact book was the main text in my calculus sequence in college. Excellent, lucid text. One of the best. Better than many written today.

@andrewlayton9760 8 месяцев назад

WOW! I still have this book from Freshman year. Original price $38.70. I have had many other math texts that I have used and passed along or tossed out, but I have held this one for 40 years.

@TrilobitesRTasty 7 месяцев назад

In completing several degrees, and once I found my place in a chosen major that I loved, I always sought additional books...in addition to the required books. ...for multiple reasons. More advanced books were more interesting and were written by leaders in the science and thus led to greater knowledge. Also, the required books were sometimes really lousy books....or the required books were a "one size fits all / lesser of multiple evils" compromise that the professors were forced to choose.

@soumyadipbanerjee2074 8 месяцев назад

You should definitely check out the book Mathematical methods for physics and engineering by Riley, Hobson and Bence. It's a book intended for undergraduate physics and engineering majors but it has more material than can usually be covered in an undergraduate course. For a book aimed at non-math majors, it has a lot of good math in it. You should definitely check it out and make a video about it. I think you will love it.

@vijayjagtap2301 7 месяцев назад

Loved this guy's enthusiasm and wanting to do something other than today's assignment, so much like my experience too.

@scottaseigel5715 7 месяцев назад

That’s the book! I’ve relied on Swokowsi’s 2e for a VERY long time. It is my go-to calculus resource. I’m not sure if it was one of the many textbooks I got in a school or if I bought it in a used bookstore because its more recent history is all I recall. I agree that it’s a great book.

@martinhaub6828 8 месяцев назад

I loved learning Precalc with Swokowski's excellent text. Will have to get this.

@dennisbell9639 8 месяцев назад

I have that pre calculus book as well.

@matthewkendall5235 8 месяцев назад

I learened from this 44 years ago - topped pure maths at Sydney Uni three years running - it's an excellent resource!

@ProfessionalNoun 7 месяцев назад

I have had this issue my whole life... it even extended past school into work life. I think with me the issue is that I was always motivated by my own internal thirst for knowledge , and what other people want me to be doing for other reasons other than my internal desire were never as important to me.

@bigbao9843 8 месяцев назад

LMFAO, my dad has this book at home lol when he's in college about 30+ years ago studying computer science but he dropped out. I'm in my first year of electrical engineering, I'm his only hope.

@eunicesimi3452 8 месяцев назад

Wow. My textbook at university in the early 1980s.

@timothyreal 8 месяцев назад

Went to Amazon 45 minutes after you posted this video and it's already sold out. Guess you're an influencer now! lol

@zachariahkovac2048 8 месяцев назад

Yes, I did find a third edition thought!

@swthiel 7 месяцев назад

I remember working through the *first* edition of that book as an undergraduate when it must have been (based on the publication date) the "new" calculus book. It's still on my bookcase Excellent resource, and excellent suggestion in the video.

@musashi4856 8 месяцев назад

This is why autodidactic learning is generally best.

@tellthemborissentyou 7 месяцев назад

I bought that book in 1983 and it is still on my shelf. It got me through. There was a more expensive version that didn't have the Analytic Geometry. It was thinner and easier to carry and sold at a higher price.

@achishukuteki941 8 месяцев назад

Someone mentioned this book on YCombinator as the user's brother used Swokowski's 5th edition re-learn Calc to get in to a Physics grad program after 7-8 years away from school. I pulled the trigger and I find the conceptual breakdown of topics better explained than Thomas' (my fave) or Stewart.

@tomanderson5154 7 месяцев назад

Your observations are spot on!! As a, rather ironic, confirmation, I used this exact book/edition when I was in school (yeah, I'm OLD), and found myself picking up "older" Calculus textbooks that I came across at used bookstores, garage sales, etc. Somehow I was just drawn to the "differences". (maybe I should have studied psychology instead of math ;)

@Douchemaster_McChest 8 месяцев назад

Back in the mid '80s, this was the book (same edition) that we used for one of the Calculus classes (can't remember if it was for Calc I or II.) I do remember, though, when I took Calculus II, the professor I had for that didn't use the same book as the one I used for Calculus I (same University, too.) So, I had to buy another Calculus Book. When I got to Grad School and started teaching my own Calculus classes, used even different books. I had something like 4 or 5 Calculus books (a couple teachers editions) at one point. Sold a few of them, but still have 2 or 3 of them. I only have 1 of them on my access shelf and the rest stored away in boxes in the closet. Anyway, I can't remember if I still have the Swokowski book or not. If I do, it's one of the books I have stored away. The one on my access shelf is the 2nd edition of the Howard Anton "Calculus With Analytic Geometry" book that has pictures of Newton, Leibniz, Gauss, Euler and one or two others on the cover, along with some famous equations/definitions/formulas and graphs.

@alexandrianova6298 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for selecting an affordable book! As for online classes, the amount of students I have had who were marked wrong due to a parsing error on their input for online homework when it was correct is just too high to count. I think in person will still reign supreme unless these online homework apps can take multiple correct options.

@richardbennett4365 8 месяцев назад

I love the Swokoski textbook. I have it. My professor used it, and there was a high school edition, too, and my teacher adopted that one for us in 12th grade. That was 1981-82 for me. I still consult the one you are showing here when I must tutor a student in differential calculus. Great book.

@ThomasHonles 7 месяцев назад

That was my textbook in engineering school. Good book with lots of examples and problems. An essential part of graduating from university in top of my engineering class.

@ronaldjohnson4470 8 месяцев назад

That's the calculus book I used at City College back in 1979. A great book , I still use it to refresh my calculus skills.

@DavidTangman 7 месяцев назад

I spent many, many hours with "Earl" back in 1980.... a fantastic Calculus book! 😃

@Cantor214 8 месяцев назад

When I was in college I used to always study in the library and pull out all the calculus books they had and see how different authors presented the material I was currently studying. Sometimes I would even get lucky find the solution to a homework problem presented as an example in another book.

@gumtreeterry9904 8 месяцев назад

The thing is, you told me to read this book, now I want to read something else. Calculus with Analytics Geometry, Simmons.

@salvadormera8320 7 месяцев назад

Wowww!!!, that book came to me in Spanish version in 1984. The others books were: - Calculus from Serge Lange - Calculus from Louis Leithold Sorry for my bad english.

@TM-nu5vd 7 месяцев назад

Will never forget the book by Purcell we used for AP Calc-BC in high school. We finished that whole damn book front to back by spring break then did a complete review between spring break up to the AP exam. The first 6 chapters were considered a "quick review" during the first week of class as those chapters were all learned in junior year Pre-Calc class.

@douglasstrother6584 8 месяцев назад

There's a bunch of Old Geezers who used "This *really* old book ..." in college when we Young Nerds.

@ProNoob777 2 месяца назад

Agreed. Side quests are usually more interesting than main quests. I also think it's because there is more freedom and less pressure when studying your own thing

@samuelglover7685 8 месяцев назад

It's a marvelous text! Delighted to see it recognized!

@cottawalla 7 месяцев назад

That was the book we used when I did maths back in 1981. I still have it.

@user-wo9vb2fx7j 8 месяцев назад

Thank you from Russia!

@TheMathSorcerer 8 месяцев назад

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@vinaytripathi157 8 месяцев назад

Spot on...."whenever we are told to study something...for some reason we want to study something else"

@user-lt3dq3bq7e 8 месяцев назад

I used that book in 1980. It was the best. My wife had a different one, not as good. It’s one of the few college texts I kept.

@davegropp5764 7 месяцев назад

Swokowski! I spent many many hours with this book in first year engineering. A great book!

7 месяцев назад

Apostol, Piskunov, Leithold, Larsen, Granville, Schaum series, all heroes for the undergraduate

@KevinBalch-dt8ot 8 месяцев назад

I still have the first edition from my Fall 1977 Calculus class. And I also have both answer keys covering chapters 1-19. It was a no frills book, no color photos or any photos. I don’t remember any complaints about the book. I also have my older brother’s Calculus book by Louis Leithold.

@rontiemens2553 8 месяцев назад

We used the Swokowski first edition in high school. Excellent text.

@joelklein3501 8 месяцев назад

I experience a similar thing, but I think I have a different way to think about it that might make it a bit more obvious. Fundamentally, what is the difference between solving a "newspaper riddle" like a sudoku or a riddler to a homework assignment or just solving math problems in general? In my opinion, putting aside the mental weight of the task, nothing really. I open a paper, start a sudoku. I might succeed in solving it, I might not. I will also invest quite a lot of time if I will get stuck. I might give up if I have no clue on how to continue, but I will try my best to solve it either way. I could say the same on any math assignment. So why is solving a sudoku enjoyable, but doing homework is stressful for so many people? Of course sudoku isn't enjoyable to everyone, but most people enjoy taking a challenging mental task once in a while. Most people, especially in highschool, suffer quite a bit from homework. The key difference then, in my opinion, is the mental weight of each task. Maybe the "stakes" at hand, the price for failure. It makes solving problems a chore, instead of an enjoyable challenge. The people who enjoy math are those who are intrigued by it more then they are intimidated by it. If math, and learning in general, was more of a hoby like painting then a chore, then many more people would enjoy learning then there are currently. That's why picking up an old book worked so well for you. It took the "chore" part out of the equation, and took it into the realm of a hoby. Luckily for me, I addopted this point of view before my first semester. I decided to treat tasks exactly the same as I would treat a sudoku problem, and I thrived in my first year thanks to this approach. When you are less stressed you are more open minded. You are more likely to addopt new concepts and make them yours, and are less likely to make silly mistakes. It's just a huge win overall

@prima6170 8 месяцев назад

That was the book I had in college a few years ago (more like 40 years ago). I didn't know those were still around. Great book.

@anthonyvelardocchia7148 8 месяцев назад

Found myself a copy of this text a couple years back. Excellent choice!

@Nappy17691821 8 месяцев назад

This was my text back in the early 80’s

@DavidTimberDKT 7 месяцев назад

I have the 1st and 2nd edition of Calculus With Analytic Geometry by Swokowski. It was annoying buying the 1st edition in Calculus 1 then having to buy the 2nd edition next semester for Calculus II , also an Advanced Calculus book for Calculus III. I struggled with Calc in the beginning, not having Intermediate Algebra and Trig background due to graduating High School early. I did regroup with Intermidiate Algebra, Trigonometry and Precalculus courses in college. Grades improved in higher math, an A in Calculus III. Not to mention the other books as additional resources, Calculus Problem Solver, I still have, was helpful and big in size to carry around. Then Differential Equations happened.

@user-zd7id9rx3f 8 месяцев назад

I tend to be a lifetime student and often buy and read engineering and physics textbooks and I wish there was a website that had discussion forums for different textbooks where you could compare notes with other readers.

@alexandrianova6298 8 месяцев назад

@6:03 SAME! I always love reading textbooks on my own, but once it's for class it's like they go down 500 points in things I want to do. Because I never really believe the teachers care about or really want the math to click, and that's something only I get when I'm personally involved with deciphering the math. I don't want to do drudgery for someone who is just checking for a job. It takes away the magic!