Student Study Guide, Volume 1 for Larson/Hostetler/Edwards' Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, 4th (Paperback)

~ (Author), Robert P. Hostetler (Author), Bruce H. Edwards (Author)

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Product Description

Includes solutions to all odd-numbered text exercises in Chapters 1-11.

About the Author

Ron Larson received his PhD. in mathematics from the University of Colorado and has been a professor of mathematics at The Pennsylvania State University since 1970. He has pioneered the use of multimedia to enhance the learning of mathematics, having authored over 30 software titles since 1990. Dr. Larson has also conducted numerous seminars and in-service workshops for math teachers around the country about using computer technology as a teaching tool and motivational aid. His Interactive Calculus (a complete text on CD-ROM) received the 1996 Texty Award for the most innovative mathematics instructional material at the college level, and it was the first mainstream college textbook to be offered on the Internet.

The Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College Bio: Robert P. Hostetler received his Ph.D. in mathematics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1970. He has taught at Penn State for many years and has authored several calculus, precalculus, and intermediate algebra textbooks. His teaching specialties include remedial algebra, calculus, and math education, and his research interests include mathematics education and textbooks.

Bruce Edwards has been a mathematics professor at the University of Florida since 1976. Dr. Edwards majored in mathematics at Stanford University, graduating in 1968. He then joined the Peace Corps and spent four years teaching math in Colombia, South America. He returned to the United States and Dartmouth in 1972, and he received his PhD. in mathematics in 1976. Dr. Edwards' research interests include the area of numerical analysis, with a particular interest in the so-called CORDIC algorithms used by computers and graphing calculators to compute function values. His hobbies include jogging, reading, chess, simulation baseball games, and travel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 550 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 4 edition (May 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0618606270
• ISBN-13: 978-0618606276
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #348,407 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A big disappointment!, October 5, 2005

By	Happy Jack (Virginia Beach, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calculus: Study And Solutions Guide Volume 1 Eight Edition (Paperback)

When I was in pre-calculus I found the Student Study and Solutions Guide for Algebra and Trigonometry by Dianna Zook to be indispensable. I learned more from it than I did from the text book. Unfortunately Diana Zook did not write this solutions guide. This book is written by the authors of the text book. I would say that 75% of the time that I refer to this solutions guide, I come away empty handed. The problem is that the authors of this book skip too many steps and this usually includes the step that I am having problems with. I think their theory is that you should remember everything that you learned in algebra and trig and shouldn't need any help from the solution guide doing those steps. Sounds like a good theory but, unfortunately, that's not the way it is in real life. The answers to the odd problems are in the back of the text book and this isn't much better than that. My suggestion is to save your money and find help from other sources. My suggestion to Houghton-Mifflin is to let Dianna Zook write the next calculus solutions guide.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should be titled "Hint Guide", July 11, 2008

By	Brandon Maupin (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calculus: Study And Solutions Guide Volume 1 Eight Edition (Paperback)

This should be titled "Hint Guide," because it rarely shows the complete solution. It is very frustrating to open the "Solutions Guide" only to find the same information I would have found in the back of the textbook. And often, the answer in the back of the textbook is clearer than the convoluted answer in the solutions guide. Most of the time only the answer is given, with perhaps a step or two of the work shown. An example - If the textbook asks the student to find the second derivative of a function, the solutions guide will show the original function, the first derivative, and the second derivative, with no other work to show how they came to that answer.
I have also come across several problems where the answer in the solutions guide was different than the answer in the back of the textbook. They could have done a much, much better job.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is volume 2., November 15, 2005

By	D. Smith (Brainerd) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Calculus: Student Study And Solutions Guide Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Larson and company does a great job in their books, which is why so many schools have begun to use his text books. I find it very easy to understand once I do more problems, however, you need the solutions and study guide for the problems worked out to all the questions. This page is really for volume 2 of the study and solutions guide. I figured that out after ordering several of the volume 2 books. That was frusterating. The picture you see clearly states volume 1.