Calculus: A Complete Course (2nd Edition) [Hardcover]

Ross L. Finney (Author), Franklin D. Demana (Author), Bert K. Waits (Author), Daniel Kennedy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0201441403 | ISBN-13: 978-0201441406 | Edition: 2

Written by an experienced author team with expertise in the use of technology and NCTM guidelines, this text provides an emphasis on multiple representations of concepts and an abundance of worked examples. Calculus is explored through the interpretation of graphs and tables as well as through the application of analytical methods. Rich exercises include graphical and data-based problems, and interesting real-life applications in biology, business, chemistry, economics, engineering, finance, physics, the social sciences and statistics. Stepped Explorations throughout the text provide guided investigations of key concepts and help students build problem-solving skills. A grapher is required.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1160 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 2 edition (November 14, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201441403
• ISBN-13: 978-0201441406
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, September 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Calculus: A Complete Course (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

I had the privilage of using this book for my calculus course as a senior in high school. I am now in college and very often refer back to this text because it is so comprehensively written. The book is easy to understand, but still covers a great deal of the very broad subject of CALCULUS!

5.0 out of 5 stars A Well-written Textbook, October 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Calculus: A Complete Course (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

Written in clear, concise language. Appendices are very useful.
But does anybody have the Student's Solutions Manual?

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Calculus: Lacking in Content, November 22, 2002

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Matthew Schmidt (Cleveland, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calculus: A Complete Course (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

After two full semesters with this book (and looking to start a third with it), I feel that the book is lacking in thoroughness and detail. This book is thinner than other calculus books I've seen, which may be appealing to calc I students but is detrimental for those going further. Some of the techniques shown in the book are very thorough and are described in a step-by-step manner. Other techniques are covered way too quickly in order for you to see exactly what is happening. The homework problems at the end of each section are too few to be of any real help. When you do a couple of problems and feel like you might know what is going on, they move on and give you problems that refer to another part of that section. I also bought the student solutions manual hoping that it would help unravel some of the mystery that is calculus. But again I was disappointed. The same lack of thoroughness pervades the manual; some answers are shown step-by-step while other answers skip steps, change forms, are worked and then changed back. Both the textbook and manual make assumptions about what the reader knows and/or how the reader might be trying to tackle the problem. If you have to use this book then I highly suggest getting REA'S Calculus Problem Solver. It was more helpful at times than the textbook!