Calculus For Dummies - Softcover

Ryan, Mark

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ISBN 10: 1118791290 ISBN 13: 9781118791295

Publisher: For Dummies, 2014

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Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118791295) is now being published as Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293491). While this version features an older Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the new release and should not be considered a different product.

Slay the calculus monster with this user-friendly guide

Calculus For Dummies, 2 Edition makes calculus manageable—even if you're one of the many students who sweat at the thought of it. By breaking down differentiation and integration into digestible concepts, this guide helps you build a stronger foundation with a solid understanding of the big ideas at work. This user-friendly math book leads you step-by-step through each concept, operation, and solution, explaining the "how" and "why" in plain English instead of math-speak. Through relevant instruction and practical examples, you'll soon learn that real-life calculus isn't nearly the monster it's made out to be.

Calculus is a required course for many college majors, and for students without a strong math foundation, it can be a real barrier to graduation. Breaking that barrier down means recognizing calculus for what it is—simply a tool for studying the ways in which variables interact. It's the logical extension of the algebra, geometry, and trigonometry you've already taken, and Calculus For Dummies, 2 Edition proves that if you can master those classes, you can tackle calculus and win.

Includes foundations in algebra, trigonometry, and pre-calculus concepts
Explores sequences, series, and graphing common functions
Instructs you how to approximate area with integration
Features things to remember, things to forget, and things you can't get away with

Stop fearing calculus, and learn to embrace the challenge. With this comprehensive study guide, you'll gain the skills and confidence that make all the difference. Calculus For Dummies, 2 Edition provides a roadmap for success, and the backup you need to get there.

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From the Back Cover:

Learn to:

Master differentiation and integration
Use the calculus microscope: limits
Analyze common functions
Score your highest in Calculus

Slay the calculus monster with this user-friendly guide

This hands-on, friendly guide makes calculus manageable—even if it makes you sweat! It leads you step-by-step through each concept, operation, and solution, explaining the “how” and “why” in plain English. Through detailed instruction and practical examples, you’ll soon learn that real-life calculus isn’t nearly the monster it’s made out to be!

A quick overview of calculus — get an easy-to-follow introduction to calculus and make sense of the two big ideas of the subject: differentiation and integration
Power through the prerequisites — warm up to calculus with reviews of pre-algebra and algebra, geometry, functions and their graphs, and trigonometry
The sky’s the limit — find the lowdown on limits and continuity and take a stab at evaluating limits
Go off on a tangent — discover the deal with differentiation orientation, differentiation rules, differentiation and the shape of curves, and differentiation problems
To infinity and back — get a handle on integration and infinite series, from using the integral to solve problems to taming the infinite with improper integrals

Open the book and find:

Easily digestible explanations of key calculus concepts
The rules, definitions, and formulas you need to know
Clever shortcuts and real-world examples
Why calculus works
The logic underlying the calculus ideas
How to use differentiation to solve problems
Integration techniques and how to approximate area
Ten calculus tips to remember

About the Author:

Mark Ryan is the founder and owner of The Math Center, a math and test prep tutoring center in Winnetka, Illinois. He is the author of Calculus Workbook For Dummies, Calculus Essentials For Dummies, Geometry For Dummies, Geometry Workbook For Dummies, and Geometry Essentials For Dummies. Ryan is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and has been teaching all levels of junior high and high school mathematics since 1989.

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