Animating Calculus: Mathematica Notebooks for the Laboratory (TELOS - The Electronic Library of Science) [Paperback]

Ed Packel (Author), Stan Wagon (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0387947485 | ISBN-13: 978-0387947488 | Publication Date: October 25, 1996 | Edition: 1

Animating Calculus is the result of an inspired collaboration between Ed Packel, who is experienced in the integration of computers and mathematics in the classroom, and Stan Wagon, well-known mathematical expositor and author of the acclaimed Mathematica in Action (1991, WH Freeman). It contains 22 laboratory notebooks that use Mathematica. With its superior animations and graphics, and coverage ranging from standard topics to new and unusual extensions and applications, Animating Calculus is a remarkable tool for experiencing and learning about calculus on the computer. Animating Calculus includes: Demonstrating and interactive exercises emphasizing mainstream calculus but including ancillary topics and applications. Focus on important, fundamental ideas and applications rather than the everyday mechanics of a computer algebra system. Sophisticated computer animations that clarify geometric concepts in calculus. Discussions of numerical and graphical pitfalls that stress the importance of verifying results.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387947485
• ISBN-13: 978-0387947488
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,080,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Calculus Student's Recollections, October 9, 1998

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Nicolas Lindgren, [e-mail] (St Paul, Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Animating Calculus: Mathematica Notebooks for the Laboratory (TELOS - The Electronic Library of Science) (Paperback)

My teacher for Calculus II happened to be Stan Wagon (one of the contributors), so perhaps I am a bit biased- but, I thought that this book was an excellent introduction to both Mathematica and the foundations of advanced calculus; however, it is definitely not for everybody (advanced students would be teribly bored- this is my reason for not giving it the full five stars). "Animating Calculus" is defintely a worthy investment for beginning/intermediate calculus students who work with Mathematica as their CAS system.