Applied Calculus [Paperback]

Deborah Hughes-Hallett (Author), Andrew M. Gleason (Author), Patti Frazer Lock (Author), Daniel E. Flath (Author), Sheldon P. Gordon (Author), David O. Lomen (Author), David Lovelock (Author), William G. McCallum (Author), Brad G. Osgood (Author), Douglas Quinney (Author), Andrew Pasquale (Author), Karen Rhea (Author), Jeff Tecosky-Feldman (Author), Joe B. Thrash (Author), Thomas W. Tucker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471207926 | ISBN-13: 978-0471207924 | Publication Date: April 15, 2002 | Edition: 2

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Textbook: Achieving a fine balance between the concepts and procedures of calculus, this applied Calculus text provides students with the solid background they need in the subject with a thorough understanding of its applications in a wide range of fields ? from biology to economics.

Key features of this innovative text include:

• The text is problem driven and features exceptional exercises based on real-world applications.
• The authors provide alternative avenues through which students can understand the material. Each topic is presented four ways: geometrically, numerically, analytically, and verbally.
• Students are encouraged to interpret answers and explain their reasoning throughout the book, which the author considers a unique concept compared to other books.
• Many of the real-world problems are open-ended, meaning that there may be more than one approach and more than one solution, depending on the student's analysis. Solving a problem often relies on the use of common sense and critical thinking skills. Students are encouraged to develop estimating and approximating skills.
• The book presents the main ideas of calculus in a clear, simple manner to improve students' understanding and encourage them to read the examples.
• Technology is used as a tool to help students visualize the concepts and learn to think mathematically. Graphics calculators, graphing software, or computer algebra systems perfectly complement this book but the emphasis is on the calculus concepts rather than the technology. (Textbook ISBN: 0471207926)

Student Solutions Manual: Provides complete solutions to every odd exercise in the text. These solutions will help you develop the strong foundation you need to succeed in your Calculus class and allow you to finish the course with the foundation that you need to apply the calculus you learned to subsequent courses.
(Solutions Manual ISBN: 0471213624)

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Student Solutions Manual and Student Answer Manual available. -- The publisher, John Wiley & Sons --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

Developed in response to the calculus reform movement, this problem-driven book features exceptional exercises directed toward those in management, life and social sciences. Functions are presented graphically, numerically and algebraically to give readers the benefit of alternate interpretations. Technology is encouraged and used to help readers think mathematically. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (April 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471207926
• ISBN-13: 978-0471207924
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #526,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Choice for the Non-Math Student, March 30, 2007

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Applied Calculus (Paperback)

This is a magnificant calculus book. It is aimed at students in business, the social sciences, and the life sciences. This is done by first the examples and problems. But perhaps even more important the wording of the text is such that these students will understand what they are trying to convey and to clearly show them how calculus can be used to solve problems in their particular field.

At the beginning of the book, three pages of the Preface, the applications discussed in the text are listed by: Business and Economics, Life Sciences and Ecology, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences. Under these headings are subjects like: Value of a Car, AIDS, Cancer Rates, Abortion Rate and so on. These are subjects that will have some interest and applicability to students rather than the old traditional problems like water flowing into and out of a bucket that used to be the mainstream of teaching calculus.

Finally, calculus marks a transition in the study of mathematics for a student. Up until now he studied arithmetic every year in school, maybe he finally got to a bit of algebra and trig. Now he is exposed to a whole new world of ways to handle problems that go beyond anything he has seen before. This book eases the student into an understanding of how to approach these problems better than any I've seen.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Textbook, August 31, 2009

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William L. Do - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Applied Calculus (Paperback)

This textbook is good, but not great--unless you have an instructor who will interpret the calculus-based applications and problems in the book. Nonetheless, not bad.

14 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teach yourself Calculus, December 27, 2000

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"albanir-sf" (Manaus-AM-Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applied Calculus for Business, Life, and Social Sciences (Paperback)

This book is addressed for understanding of the Calculus and not for the traditional teaching that sins for the excess of formalism. It is an excellent book for who wants to understand and to learn Calculus through the application of problems of the Real World. The book also motivates the use of graphic calculators to have a better vision of the problem.