Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (with InfoTrac) [Hardcover]

Soo T. Tan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534394116 | ISBN-13: 978-0534394110 | Publication Date: August 21, 2002 | Edition: 006

In the market-leading CALCULUS FOR THE MANAGERIAL, LIFE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Soo T. Tan provides an accurate, accessible presentation of mathematics combined with just the right balance of applications, pedagogy, and technology to help students succeed in the course. The new Sixth Edition includes highly interesting current applications and exercises to help stimulate student motivation. An exciting new array of supplements provides students with extensive learning support so instructors will have more time to focus on teaching the core concepts.

Editorial Reviews

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"Tan's book is an excellent choice for a calculus course aimed at a non-science audience. The main strengths of the text are its clear, step-by-step presentation, emphasis on problems and applications, methodical review of algebra and other precalculus material, and a rich supply of problems."

"I've like using Tan for the following reason: It doesn't get in the way! The book allows me to teach the course the way I want to."

"Tan's clarity and conciseness make the text easier for students to follow. The clean presentation of examples and showing small algebra steps seem well suited for our students."

"Tan makes the material easy for students to learn without simplifying the content or lowering the level. Even students with somewhat weak algebra skills manage to learn the calculus and simultaneously sharpen their algebra skills."

"The variety of exercises is also very good. They expose students to most of the classic computational problems they will run into, and the application problems run the gamut of uses of calculus in different fields."

About the Author

By the time I started writing the first of what turned out to be a series of textbooks in mathematics for students in the managerial, life, and social sciences, I had quite a few years of experience teaching mathematics to non-mathematics majors. One of the most important lessons I learned from my early experience teaching these courses is that many of the students come into these courses with some degree of apprehension. This awareness led to the intuitive approach I have adopted in all of my texts. As you will see, I try to introduce each abstract mathematical concept through an example drawn from a common, real-life experience. Once the idea has been conveyed, I then proceed to make it precise, thereby assuring that no mathematical rigor is lost in this intuitive treatment of the subject. Another lesson I learned from my students is that they have a much greater appreciation of the material if the applications are drawn from their fields of interest and from situations that occur in the real world. This is one reason you will see so many exercises in my texts that are modeled on data gathered from newspapers, magazines, journals, and other media. Whether it be the ups and downs of the stock market, the growth of HMOs in the U.S., the solvency of the social security system, the budget deficit, the AIDS epidemic, or the growth of the Internet, I weave topics of current interest into my examples and exercises, to keep the book relevant to all of my readers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 006 edition (August 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534394116
• ISBN-13: 978-0534394110
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,749,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Soo T. Tan, Professor of Mathematics at Stonehill College, has published numerous papers in Optimal Control Theory and Numerical Analysis. He received his S.B. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles. "One of the most important lessons I learned from my early experience teaching these courses is that many of the students come into these courses with some degree of apprehension. This awareness led to the intuitive approach I have adopted in all of my texts."

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read., May 5, 2000

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Hayden (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (Hardcover)

I thought the book explained each topic in an easy to follow manner. There are some challenging excercises at the end of each section. Some of the exercises stumped me, but I guess that's good if you're looking to be challenged. I bought the solutions manual which gives step by step solutions to the odd questions. The book doesn't cover every area of calculus, but I found it useful when I didn't understand what we covered in class.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book, April 22, 2008

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J. S. Koester "The Philosopher" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences, Enhanced Review Edition (with CD-ROM and iLrn(TM) Tutorial, Personal Tutor Printed Access Card) (Hardcover)

This book is a very good book for people going into business. It gives a very brief view of Calculus, and the applications of math. The book has a very clear writing style that explains the concepts of the subjects covered in a clear manner which is not often found in math text books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tan7 Calculus solution manual-red cover with Boy on it-for managerail life., May 17, 2007

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C. Stranieri "CARMENSBOOKS" (Palm Beach, Fl) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (with CD-ROM and iLrn(TM) Tutorial and Personal Tutor Printed Access Card) (Hardcover)

This book is excellent it helped me a LOt. I wold have failed if it was not for this life saving book. The answers where clear and concise. This book shows step by step how to work each problem!!

I only wish it had a calculator explaination for the problems.