Calculus For Dummies 傻瓜数学系列：微积分

图书标准信息

• 作者 Mark Ryan（马克·瑞安） 著
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 2003-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780764524981
• 定价 233.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Themerethoughtofhavingtotakearequiredcalculuscourseisenoughtomakelegionsofstudentsbreakoutinacoldsweat.OtherswhohavenointentionofeverstudyingthesubjecthavethisnotionthatcalculusisimpossiblydifficultunlessyouhappentobeadirectdescendantofEinstein.Well,thegoodnewsisthatyoucanmastercalculus.It'snotnearlyastoughasitsmystiquewouldleadyoutothink.Muchofcalculusisreallyjustveryadvancedalgebra,geometry,andtrig.Itbuildsuponandisalogicalextensionofthosesubjects.Ifyoucandoalgebra,geometry,andtrig,youcandocalculus.CalculusForDummiesisintendedforthreegroupsofreaders:Studentstakingtheirfirstcalculuscourse--Ifyou'reenrolledinacalculuscourseandyoufindyourtextbooklessthancrystalclear,thisisthebookforyou.Itcoversthemostimportanttopicsinthefirstyearofcalculus:differentiation,integration,andinfiniteseries.Studentswhoneedtobrushupontheircalculustoprepareforotherstudies--Ifyou'vehadelementarycalculus,butit'sbeenacoupleofyearsandyouwanttoreviewtheconceptstopreparefor,say,somegraduateprogram,CalculusForDummieswillgiveyouathorough,no-nonsenserefreshercourse.Adultsofallageswho'dlikeagoodintroductiontothesubject--Non-studentreaderswillfindthebook'sexpositionclearandaccessible.CalculusForDummiestakescalculusoutoftheivorytowerandbringsitdowntoearth.Thisisauser-friendlymathbook.Wheneverpossible,theauthorexplainsthecalculusconceptsbyshowingyouconnectionsbetweenthecalculusideasandeasierideasfromalgebraandgeometry.Then,you'llseehowthecalculusconceptsworkinconcreteexamples.AllexplanationsareinplainEnglish,notmath-speak.CalculusForDummiescoversthefollowingtopicsandmore:*Real-worldexamplesofcalculus*Thetwobigideasofcalculus:differentiationandintegration*Whycalculusworks*Pre-algebraandalgebrareview*Commonfunctionsandtheirgraphs*Limitsandcontinuity*Integrationandapproximatingarea*SequencesandseriesDon'tbuythemisconception.Surecalculusisdifficult--butit'smanageable,doable.Youmadeitthroughalgebra,geometry,andtrigonometry.Well,calculusjustpicksupwheretheyleaveoff--it'ssimplythenextstepinalogicalprogression.

【作者简介】

MarkRyanhastaughtpre-maththroughcalculusformorethanadecade.HeisamemberoftheNationalCouncilofTeachersofMathematics.