Calculus for Biology and Medicine (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

by Claudia Neuhauser (Author)

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Product Description
This volume teaches calculus in the biology context without compromising the level of regular calculus. The material is organized in the standard way and explains how the different concepts are logically related. Each new concept is typically introduced with a biological example; the concept is then developed without the biological context and then the concept is tied into additional biological examples. This allows readers to first see why a certain concept is important, then lets them focus on how to use the concepts without getting distracted by applications, and then, once readers feel more comfortable with the concepts, it revisits the biological applications to make sure that they can apply the concepts. The book features exceptionally detailed, step-by-step, worked-out examples and a variety of problems, including an unusually large number of word problems. The volume begins with a preview and review and moves into discrete time models, sequences, and difference equations, limits and continuity, differentiation, applications of differentiation, integration techniques and computational methods, differential equations, linear algebra and analytic geometry, multivariable calculus, systems of differential equations and probability and statistics.

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This volume teaches calculus in the biology context without compromising the level of regular calculus. The material is organized in the standard way and explains how the different concepts are logically related. Each new concept is typically introduced with a biological example; the concept is then developed without the biological context and then the concept is tied into additional biological examples. This allows readers to first see why a certain concept is important, then lets them focus on how to use the concepts without getting distracted by applications, and then, once readers feel more comfortable with the concepts, it revisits the biological applications to make sure that they can apply the concepts. The book features exceptionally detailed, step-by-step, worked-out examples and a variety of problems, including an unusually large number of word problems. The volume begins with a preview and review and moves into discrete time models, sequences, and difference equations, limits and continuity, differentiation, applications of differentiation, integration techniques and computational methods, differential equations, linear algebra and analytic geometry, multivariable calculus, systems of differential equations and probability and statistics.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 822 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (June 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130455164
• ISBN-13: 978-0130455161
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,912 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Confusing and not conducive to a good learning experice, November 8, 2007

By	N. Stanich - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is frustrating. Here is why:

- answers in the back of the book often conflict with answers given in the solutions manual

- worked examples are often vague and don't apply to a considerable number of practice problems in the text

- explanations of proofs are rarely straightforward

There is no way I could adequately teach myself calculus out of this book, my professor even deemed it as poorly written. If you must use this book, make sure you pay attention in class, because you surely can't reference the text for constructive help.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Textbook - Stewart is much better, December 1, 2008

By	Ryan E. Tsuchida - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like a few people here have said already, it's a book that is required for many calculus classes offered at UCLA. Sadly, this book, while intended to be geared towards Life Science majors, is poorly written and it appears that the writers were very lazy.

I first took calculus in High School and we used the Stewart 5th edition. That book was great and I know a few classes at UCLA (mostly the 30 series) uses that book. The 3 series at UCLA however, uses the Neuhauser book instead.

1. The Neuhauser book has many questions with incorrect answers in the back of the book.

2. Many of the practice questions are exactly the same with simply a number (like a coefficient) changed. This doesn't help you learn, but it reminds me of elementary school.

3. While it may not be applicable to this review, it is worth noting that many of the problems in the solution book are a) also wrong or b) not worked out completely or at all. This means that many times the answer in the solutions manual was same work (aka only the answer) in the back of the book. Regardless of how intuitive the math may be - I believe that the role of the solution manual is to unambiguously work all problems out in their entirety.

Since all the pages were numbered correctly and isn't the first edition (I can't imagine what that was like -- I apologize for my cynicism.) I will give it two stars, but it is hardly deserving.

Because I felt that this book was so inadequate, I also bought a used version of the Stewart Calculus book for reference. I suggest you do, too; it's a great book and may just help you actually understand the material!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars this book sucks, June 4, 2008

By	wee - See all my reviews

had to endure a year of calculus at UCLA with this book... Good thing i had my brother's old Calculus books which were like 20 years old but still way better written than this piece of junk.

It doesnt explain stuff well enough and also has pretty difficult problems...