The Calculus Tutoring Book [Paperback]

Carol Ash (Author), Robert B. Ash (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0780310446 | ISBN-13: 978-0780310445 | Publication Date: October 5, 1993 | Edition: 1

This book fills an educational void by adapting unique classroom-tested techniques that students find most congenial...that strip the shroud of mystery from an esoteric subject...that prepare students for applications of calculus in later courses.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition (October 5, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0780310446
• ISBN-13: 978-0780310445
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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86 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The slope approaches zero in the limit - a MAXIMA (here), July 12, 2000

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John McConnell (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Calculus Tutoring Book (Paperback)

This book is the all-time, no-question-about-it mother of all calculus texts. Period.

If you have despaired of learning not just the tricks, but also the trade, of calculus, this book will amaze you; you know alot more than you thought, and are alot better at both differential and integral calculus than you may even have hoped. I learned calculus to MY OWN satisfaction using this book. It is immaculately clear in presentation, and not only holds interest but also reader confidence, (very much in an a la Feynman sort of way). I have neither seen nor can even imagine a better primer. Points:

1. The book omits all the rubbish about "proofs"; it obviously works, why bother? Only (sadistic?) mathematicians value such hieroglyphics. Strugglers DO NOT want to even SEE it;

2. Numerous well-worked examples abound throughout, and all exercises have answers in the back of the book. There are few things in this world more irritating than a (sadistic?) mathematician who puts problems without solutions in a calculus primer;

3. This book demystifies the terminolgy and techniques of what, at least in the rudimentary stages, is really not so difficult a topic. The presentation starts at ground zero, (slopes and limits in plain talk), and concludes with a very clear chapter on multiple integrals.

You will acquire a lot of familiarity with calculus, and lose a lot of pent-up dread. You will also be able to derive, from first principles at a moment's notice, the formula for the volume of a sphere - much to the amazement of friends and family.

In a former lifetime as a scientist, I couldn't help noticing how leery many of my peers would become when even the word "calculus" was mentioned. To these, calculus was a dreaded schoolmaster, ready to slap their palms with a pandybat. To me, it was an old and much appreciated friend - a lot more clever and eccentric than (even) me, but generally understandable, if you take the time to bear with him.

If you need or want to understand basic calculus, the buck stops here. "Do yourself a favor."

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best college Freshman Calculus textbook ever., November 10, 1999

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This review is from: The Calculus Tutoring Book (Paperback)

As a professor of Physics and Engineering, I frequently get questions and complaints from students taking a traditional Calculus class using a traditional Calculus text about one point or another that escapes their understanding. Since Ash & Ash came out with The Calculus Tutoring Book, I simply have them look up the same topic in their text. Universally, they have been so impressed that they ask where they can buy a copy for themselves! Such a student response is the best endorsement any textbook can achieve. I regularly recommend the book to my Physics and Engineering students as a necessary addition to their personal library. I highly recommend the book to any serious student of the Calculus, particularly if Science or Engineering is their main interest.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For self study o review this is a great book!, May 5, 1999

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Denise M. Law "Mike Law" (Newtown Square, Pa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Calculus Tutoring Book (Paperback)

Learning or reviewing math is difficult and requires motivation and a very good book. This is a very good book, possibly one of the few very well written math books. Lots of problems, some to that build confidence and others that will challenge. I used it for review and was glad to find such a good book.