Calculus: Single Variable | 
 enlarge | Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, William G. Mccallum, Daniel E. Flath, Patti Frazer Lock, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, Brad G. Osgood, Thomas W. Tucker, Douglas Quinney, Karen Rhea, Jeff Tecosky-feldman
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 4157
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Pages: 688
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0471484822
Dewey Decimal Number: 515
EAN: 9780471484820
Publication Date: November 19, 2004
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Product Description
Now in its fourth edition, Calculus reflects the strong consensus within the mathematics community for a balance between contemporary and traditional ideas. Building on previous work, it brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula in an effort to meet the needs of instructors and students alike. The text exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the Rule of Four, an emphasis on modeling, exposition that is easy to understand, and a flexible approach to technology.
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 How I Learned Calculus August 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This calculus textbook provides challenging sample problems and clear proofs for calculus students. It highlights the main points well, surrounding each must-know point with an extremely helpful blue box (actually you could probably learn calculus by just reading the blue boxes). Exercises range from easy to very challenging and from random to practical. While most of the problems can be done by hand, a graphing calculator is necessary to get the most out of this book. For those taking AP Calculus, this book covers both AB and BC.
Great Book April 8, 2008
L. Friedler (Philadelphia, PA)
I've taught out of this book for several years. Students learn to understand the concepts through some very useful and interesting problems. Extremely well-written.
I love calculus! May 12, 2007
Laura J. Broecker (Redding, CA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was pleasantly surprised with this book, the previous book from the same publisher, "Functions Modeling Change" I found to be confusing. BUT "Single Variable" is a great book. Of course lecture is the best way to learn a math class, especially anything more difficult than algrebra. But when I missed a class I was able to pick up where we left off from the instruction in the book. The problems were not as abstract as calculus problem can be. Overall I am glad this was my textbook, but I am also a math major so I may be bias.
I got an 'A' in Calculus I June 16, 2006
Smart Reader
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book gives challenging examples and problems. They force you to come up with your own strategies. It helps you do well on tests and quizzes. Highly recommened book.
 These other ratings are too low March 5, 2008
Herbert Powell (Detroit)
I should start out by saying that I haven't seen this newest edition, but if it's similar to the older ones which also got unfair reviews, I can safely say that this book deserves at least a 3. It is certainly not a one star book, and I suspect that those reviewers are just taking their frustrations out on the easiest target (because as we all know, doing poorly in calculus is NEVER the student's fault).
I don't think this is the book to use if you're a math major, but other than that it's good. I taught myself calculus with an older edition when I was in 11th grade and I felt that I had an intuitive understanding of the subject even if I couldn't do a proof. I think that intuitive understanding should be the goal of a calculus book that isn't necessarily designed for math majors (this book seems more suited for biology majors or something similar).
Probably my biggest complaint is that the book, like so many others, isn't clear about what is an acceptable proof and what is just a convincing(hopefully) argument. Students may believe that such arguments are valid proofs, and I think the authors should make it clear what the case may be. This is the main reason I wouldn't recommend the book to math majors, but just about anyone else should gain a good understanding of calculus from this book.
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