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Misteaks. . . and how to find them before the teacher does. . .: A Calculus Supplement, 3rd Edition 3rd Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-1568811222
ISBN-10: 1568811225
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 88 pages
  • Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press; 3 edition (March 27, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568811225
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568811222
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 6 x 8.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
for the calculus student
By Yoon Ha Lee on January 22, 2000
Format: Paperback
I wish I'd found this earlier in my introduction to calculus, which at first was a Grand Mystery only to be penetrated by Wise Math Geeks. While it's *not* a guarantee of perfect math grades (few things are), it does offer useful rules-of-thumb for checking your results in introductory (single-variable) calculus. I've found the estimation techniques useful on occasion in places like physics classes.
It's also a fun read, if you're struggling with calc. :-p
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Funny and contains serious mathematical content
By Charles Ashbacher HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on November 28, 2005
Format: Paperback
Mistakes, particularly absurd ones, form a staple of humor. Examples in video include anything starring the Three Stooges, the movies starring Inspector Cleauseau, the television show `Home Improvement', starring Tim Allen; and the antics of Gilligan on the television show "Gilligan's Island." This book uses some of the common errors made in calculus assignments as the basis for humor and you can recognize some of the techniques that are used in other forms of humor.

Cipra also uses verbal play to create jokes. On page seven there is the paragraph and footnote

Please don't get the idea that fudging always give the right answer. Sometimes it does, but usually it doesn't. In the example above, one fudge did and one fudge didn't. (Unfortunately, the one that didn't preceded the one that did, so; even the one that did really didn't.)*

*I didn't understand that parenthetical remark either. (You can safely ignore all parenthetical remarks in this book.)

The self-referential paradox in the footnote brought a smile to my face.

There are "problems" at the end of each chapter, and they are also used to add to the giggle count. On page 8, there is the problem

Discuss the positivity or negativity of the change in temperature of a bucket of water when the following items are dropped in it:

a) An ice cube.

b) A glowing coal.

c) A used (or unused) calculus book.

Embedded within the wordplay and other occasional jocularity are some calculus problems that are totally mucked up. Dropped signs, altered signs, and symbols are shifted around like berserk ping-pong balls, just like always seems to happen on calculus exams.Read more ›
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3 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Extremely condescending, puerile, and NOT FUNNY
By Angus Scrimm on March 26, 2002
Format: Paperback
I expected to gain some fresh insight into common
mathematical errors. Instead, I was subjected to
extremely mundane mathematical issues that do not
at all jibe with my own observations as an instructor.
Further, the author is very condescending, giving the
impression he imagines everyone a fool save his
insightful self. And I don't object to sharp wit in
scientific writings. The problem is that Cipra is a
pompous bore who does not have any sense for the subtleties
of savvy humor. He comes off instead as a grumpy nerd
who desperately, flailingly strives to be viewed as a
hawk-eyed comedian who just happens to know some mathematics.
This book is a flop in every way. HIGHLY UNRECOMMENDED.
Don't even waste your 6 bucks.
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