Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry (Available Titles Cengagenow) [Hardcover]

Peter Kuhfittig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 29, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0495018767 | ISBN-13: 978-0495018766 | Edition: 4

Written for today's technology student, TECHNICAL CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY prepares you for your future courses! With an emphasis on applications, this mathematics text helps you learn calculus skills that are particular to technology. Clear presentation of concepts, detailed examples, marginal annotations, and step-by-step procedures enhance your understanding of difficult concepts. Notations that are frequently encountered in technology are used throughout to help you prepare for further courses in your career.

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About the Author

Peter Kuhfittig has taught mathematics at the Milwaukee School of Engineering for over thirty years and has served as head of the department for over half of this period. His enthusiasm for teaching has resulted in an award for excellence in teaching, as well as an interest in textbook writing. He has been involved in applications of mathematics through occasional consulting work. More recently, Dr. Kuhfittig has turned to research in wormhole physics. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 4 edition (August 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0495018767
• ISBN-13: 978-0495018766
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Find a different book, July 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry (Mathematics) (Hardcover)

For an expensive book such as this one, you would expect the author to explain the concepts in greater detail. Unfortunately, he doesn't and that is why I am looking elsewhere for an explanation of the material. Also, there are not enough useful examples in the book. If you are looking for a book that explains the concepts in detail and gives an ample amount of examples, save yourself the time and money by purchasing another book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's tough but the solutions manual is available and ESSENTIAL., December 30, 2010

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This review is from: Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry (Available Titles Cengagenow) (Hardcover)

This book was rather difficult, but I would highly recommend the solutions manual to solve the odd number problems. It helped tremendously and I ended up getting a B in the class. If you want to survive this class, definitely get the solutions manual along with this book. I can't tell you how much it helped me!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Peter Kuhfittig, December 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Student Solutions Manual for Technical Calculus With Analytic Geometry (Paperback)

This is a great textbook for first timers learning calculus or just as a refresher for the basic concpets. The author Peter Kuhfittig keeps all the concepts together and doesn't bog down the reader with extremely long mathematically definitions. He gives the reader example problems and then plenty of problems to work. The only recommendation I would make to the author is to put every odd problem's solution or some even problem solutions in the solutions manual since they (even problems) or usually the harder problems to work out anyway. Only every other odd problem's solution is in the "Solutions Manual".