Applied Calculus, Enhanced Review Edition (with CengageNOW, Personal Tutor Printed Access Card) [Hardcover]

Stefan Waner (Author), Steven Costenoble (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0495384283 | ISBN-13: 978-0495384281 | Publication Date: April 27, 2007 | Edition: 4

Take calculus into the real world with APPLIED CALCULUS. Authors Waner and Costenoble make applied calculus easy to understand and relevant to your interests. And, this textbook interfaces with your graphing calculator and your home spreadsheet program. Plus it comes with AppliedCalculusNOW. After a simple pre-test, the AppliedCalculusNOW online learning system customizes all the exercises and class information around your individual needs. This edition also comes with Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING, which gives you access to one-on-one, online tutoring help with an expert in the subject. And it gives you a virtual study group, too-interact with the tutor and other students using two-way audio, an interactive whiteboard for discussing the problem, and instant messaging.

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"I love the Question and Answer paragraphs. They pinpoint key ideas and offer clear explanations of why things are done in a particular way. Moreover, as a teaching tool, the instructor can emphasize to the students that these are the types of questions they should ask themselves whenever they are reading or listening to any mathematical presentation. If they can't come up with the answers themselves, it is an indication they need more work or need to get help from their instructor."

"The greatest strength of this book is the realistic nature of examples and exercises. Obviously the authors went to a lot of effort to create these! I also think the students appreciate these books that make an earnest effort to communicate with them in a way they will find useful." "I think the idea of making Excel central to the course is the correct approach for a business oriented mathematics course."

"The Question-and-Answer segments add to the readability of the text and help bring it alive for the students. They probably don't think of questions as they read, so providing some questions further enhances the value of the book." "Applied Calculus is a breath of fresh air. It is very readable, so I can confidently assign reading to my students."

"I have been using Waner/Costenoble for several years now and have enjoyed their use of humor and useful application exercises…Their integration of real world problems helps answer students' questions of 'When am I ever going to use this?' Rare is such a question when using this book." "The addition of Excel is a great tool for those using computers in their courses."

Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 4 edition (April 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0495384283
• ISBN-13: 978-0495384281
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written!!!, June 24, 2010

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This review is from: Applied Calculus (Hardcover)

This book covers calculus and other areas of mathematics. I can only speak for the
calculus sections. They are written more clearly than 99% of the available texts
to be had. The examples given are extremely helpful and appropriate for the material
presented. The problems are very closely related to the material presented. I asked
the authors why they did not write a version for math and physics majors. I think
the bottom line is that they did not want to undertake such a project. However, even
with the missing theory this a good book for reviewing calculus on a self study basis.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So-So, March 9, 2005

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D.L.C (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applied Calculus (with InfoTrac) (Hardcover)

While the book excels at teaching the basic concepts, during the later parts, it flops badly. where in the beginning the examples actually dealt with the questions in some vague, but some understandable wa, the ending chapters from 4-6 fail horribly. Of the many questions in the book, the examples at best give some minor insight into maybe 1/4 of them. There are even problems that have no way of linking them to the examples and even my professor had to teach how to do them in a manner very unlike the textbook.

It's good for maybe the first 3 chapters, but after that, don't count on it for anything except raw questions.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LIGHTNING FAST!, June 13, 2010

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This review is from: Applied Calculus, Enhanced Review Edition (with CengageNOW, Personal Tutor Printed Access Card) (Hardcover)

I wasn't expecting the delivery to come in until next week, but it came about 4 days later. It really helped since I had homework due that week!