Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals
by James Stewart
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Author: James StewartEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-25
ISBN: 049501169X
Number of pages: 912
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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- Study Guide for Stewart's Multivariable Calculus, 6th
- Study Guide for Stewart's Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 6th
Book Reviews of Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Book Review: Avoid any university using this book
Summary: 1 Stars
The reviews speek for themselves. Half the 5 star reviews were comments on used book purchases and not the content. If they had 0 stars, that's what I'd pick.
Most universities use this book because it's what the department head used when he went though college or as a PhD it looks the best to him/her. They don't take into consideration that it is useless as a teaching tool or homework tool....maybe. It is awful even though tones of schools use it. I had a 97% in class till we hit section 11 and this book is horrible in this section. An example is that the problems in one section will have to do more with the stuff learned in the previous section then they do with what was taught in that session so it gets confusing. It goes so far as to be flat out wrong in some of its theorems like the Alternating Series Test. It's bad when the professor has to say that the book doesn't really mean what it flat out says several times in the section. It even contradicts itself in the homework problems. These aren't typos, it's just wrong in many areas in this section. It's like Stewart got tired of writing and caring that what he was writing made sense and figured no one would get that far in the book anyway. (half the time he's right)
Anyway, in every calc class I've taken with this book over half the class dropped, I've got an A so I'm not reviewing this on how I did, but on how poor the book is. Larsons Calc book is BY FAR a better calc book and every professor I've had including those who are forced to use Stewarts agree with that assessment.
Avoid any school using this text book. Who would use a book with so many poor reviews? I think someone should research the drop rate of schools using this book and those using others. To cover that material schools are asking kids to cover requires a good book to aid in learning the material. Larsons book does that, Stewards is a paper weight and a waste of money!
Summary of Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Success in your calculus course starts here! James Stewart's CALCULUS texts are world-wide best-sellers for a reason: they are clear, accurate, and filled with relevant, real-world examples. With CALCULUS: EARLY TRANCENDENTALS, Sixth Edition, Stewart conveys not only the utility of calculus to help you develop technical competence, but also gives you an appreciation for the intrinsic beauty of the subject. His patient examples and built-in learning aids will help you build your mathematical confidence and achieve your goals in the course!Mathematics Books
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